Biomolecular innovation and the evolution of animals: insights from taphonomy and the fossil record

Project Information

Palaeochem

Grant agreement ID: 101003293

DOI

10.3030/101003293

EC signature date 11 March 2021

Start date 1 July 2021

End date 30 June 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 460 114,00

EU contribution

€ 2 460 114,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
Ireland

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

The origins of colour patterns in fossil insects revealed by maturation experiments

Author(s): Shengyu Wang, Maria E. McNamara, Bo Wang, Hejiu Hui, Baoyu Jiang
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 290, 2023, Page(s) 20231333, ISSN 0962-8452
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1333

Reply to: Transformation of β-sheets into disordered structures during the fossilization of feathers

Author(s): Tiffany S. Slater, Nicholas P. Edwards, Samuel M. Webb, Fucheng Zhang, Maria E. McNamara
Published in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Issue 8, 2024, Page(s) 1236-1237, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Nature Ecology & Evolution
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02431-7

Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers

Author(s): Aude Cincotta, Michaël Nicolaï, Hebert Bruno Nascimento Campos, Maria McNamara, Liliana D’Alba, Matthew D. Shawkey, Edio-Ernst Kischlat, Johan Yans, Robert Carleer, François Escuillié, Pascal Godefroit
Published in: Nature, Issue 604, 2023, Page(s) 684-688, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04622-3

Forged soft tissues revealed in the oldest fossil reptile from the early Permian of the Alps

Author(s): Valentina Rossi, Massimo Bernardi, Mariagabriella Fornasiero, Fabrizio Nestola, Richard Unitt, Stefano Castelli, Evelyn Kustatscher
Published in: Palaeontology, Issue 67, 2024, Page(s) e12690, ISSN 0031-0239
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12690

Preservation of corneous β-proteins in Mesozoic feathers

Author(s): Tiffany S. Slater, Nicholas P. Edwards, Samuel M. Webb, Fucheng Zhang, Maria E. McNamara
Published in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Issue 7, 2024, Page(s) 1706-1713, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02177-8

Skin patterning and internal anatomy in a fossil moonfish from the Eocene Bolca Lagerstätte illuminate the ecology of ancient reef fish communities

Author(s): Valentina Rossi, Richard Unitt, Maria McNamara, Roberto Zorzin, Giorgio Carnevale
Published in: Palaeontology, Issue 65, 2023, Page(s) e12600, ISSN 0031-0239
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12600

A new non-destructive method to decipher the origin of organic matter in fossils using Raman spectroscopy

Author(s): Valentina Rossi, Richard Unitt, Maria McNamara
Published in: RSC Advances, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 26747-26759, ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4ra04364b

Cellular structure of dinosaur scales reveals retention of reptile-type skin during the evolutionary transition to feathers

Author(s): Zixiao Yang, Baoyu Jiang, Jiaxin Xu, Maria E. McNamara
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 4063, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48400-3

Allometric wing growth links parental care to pterosaur giantism

Author(s): Zixiao Yang, Baoyu Jiang, Michael J. Benton, Xing Xu, Maria E. McNamara, David W. E. Hone
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 290, 2023, Page(s) 20231102, ISSN 0962-8452
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1102

Taphonomic experiments reveal authentic molecular signals for fossil melanins and verify preservation of phaeomelanin in fossils

Author(s): Tiffany S. Slater, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Fucheng Zhang, Peter Sjövall, Martin Jarenmark, Johan Lindgren, Maria E. McNamara
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 14, 2023, Page(s) 5651, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40570-w