Animal coloration through deep time: evolutionary novelty, homology and taphonomy

Informazioni relative al progetto

ANICOLEVO

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 637691

DOI 10.3030/637691

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 6 Luglio 2015

Data di avvio 1 Gennaio 2016

Data di completamento 30 Aprile 2021

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Costo totale € 1 562 000,00

Contributo UE € 1 562 000,00

Coordinato da

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
Ireland

Pubblicazioni

Peer reviewed articles (23)

Experimental investigation of insect deposition in lentic environments and implications for formation of Konservat Lagerstätten

Autori: Qingyi Tian, Shengyu Wang, Zixiao Yang, Maria E. McNamara, Michael J. Benton, Baoyu Jiang
Pubblicato in: Palaeontology, Numero 63/4, 2020, Pagina/e 565-578, ISSN 0031-0239
Editore: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12472

Taphonomic experiments resolve controls on the preservation of melanosomes and keratinous tissues in feathers

Autori: Tiffany S. Slater, Maria E. McNamara, Patrick J. Orr, Tara B. Foley, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Pubblicato in: Palaeontology, Numero 63/1, 2019, Pagina/e 103-115, ISSN 0031-0239
Editore: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12445

Synchrotron x‐ray fluorescence analysis reveals diagenetic alteration of fossil melanosome trace metal chemistry

Autori: Christopher S. Rogers, Samuel M. Webb, Maria E. McNamara
Pubblicato in: Palaeontology, Numero 64/1, 2021, Pagina/e 63-73, ISSN 0031-0239
Editore: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12506

Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching

Autori: Zixiao Yang, Baoyu Jiang, Maria E. McNamara, Stuart L. Kearns, Michael Pittman, Thomas G. Kaye, Patrick J. Orr, Xing Xu, Michael J. Benton
Pubblicato in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Numero 3/1, 2019, Pagina/e 24-30, ISSN 2397-334X
Editore: Springer Nature Limited
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0728-7

Decoding the Evolution of Melanin in Vertebrates

Autori: M.E. McNamara, V. Rossi, T.S. Slater, C.S. Rogers, A.-L. Ducrest, S. Dubey, A. Roulin
Pubblicato in: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Numero 36/5, 2021, Pagina/e 430-443, ISSN 0169-5347
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.12.012

Brilliant angle-independent structural colours preserved in weevil scales from the Swiss Pleistocene

Autori: Luke T. McDonald, Suresh Narayanan, Alec Sandy, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Maria E. McNamara
Pubblicato in: Biology Letters, Numero 16/4, 2020, Pagina/e 20200063, ISSN 1744-9561
Editore: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0063

Reply to: No protofeathers on pterosaurs

Autori: Zixiao Yang, Baoyu Jiang, Maria E. McNamara, Stuart L. Kearns, Michael Pittman, Thomas G. Kaye, Patrick J. Orr, Xing Xu, Michael J. Benton
Pubblicato in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Numero 4/12, 2020, Pagina/e 1592-1593, ISSN 2397-334X
Editore: Springer Nature Limited
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-01309-8

Jurassic scorpionflies (Mecoptera) with swollen first metatarsal segments suggesting sexual dimorphism

Autori: Yan-jie Zhang, Peter J. M. Shih, Jun-you Wang, Maria E. McNamara, Chungkun Shih, Dong Ren, Tai-ping Gao
Pubblicato in: BMC Ecology and Evolution, Numero 21/1, 2021, ISSN 2730-7182
Editore: Springer Nature Limited
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-021-01771-3

Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and biostratinomic analysis of the Jurassic Yanliao Lagerstätte in northeastern China

Autori: Zixiao Yang, Shengyu Wang, Qingyi Tian, Bo Wang, Manja Hethke, Maria E. McNamara, Michael J. Benton, Xing Xu, Baoyu Jiang
Pubblicato in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Numero 514, 2019, Pagina/e 739-753, ISSN 0031-0182
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.09.030

The Early Origin of Feathers

Autori: Michael J. Benton, Danielle Dhouailly, Baoyu Jiang, Maria McNamara
Pubblicato in: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Numero 34/9, 2019, Pagina/e 856-869, ISSN 0169-5347
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.04.018

Experimental degradation of helicoidal photonic nanostructures in scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): implications for the identification of circularly polarizing cuticle in the fossil record

Autori: Giliane P. Odin, Maria E. McNamara, Hans Arwin, Kenneth Järrendahl
Pubblicato in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Numero 15/148, 2018, Pagina/e 20180560, ISSN 1742-5689
Editore: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0560

Experimental analysis of soft-tissue fossilization: opening the black box

Autori: Mark A. Purnell, Philip J. C. Donoghue, Sarah E. Gabbott, Maria E. McNamara, Duncan J. E. Murdock, Robert S. Sansom
Pubblicato in: Palaeontology, Numero 61/3, 2018, Pagina/e 317-323, ISSN 0031-0239
Editore: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12360

Fossilization of melanosomes via sulfurization

Autori: Maria E. McNamara, Bart E. van Dongen, Nick P. Lockyer, Ian D. Bull, Patrick J. Orr
Pubblicato in: Palaeontology, Numero 59/3, 2016, Pagina/e 337-350, ISSN 0031-0239
Editore: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12238

“Stick ‘n’ peel”: Explaining unusual patterns of disarticulation and loss of completeness in fossil vertebrates

Autori: Patrick J. Orr, Laetitia B. Adler, Susan R. Beardmore, Heinz Furrer, Maria E. McNamara, Enrique Peñalver-Mollá, Ragna Redelstorff
Pubblicato in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Numero 457, 2016, Pagina/e 380-388, ISSN 0031-0182
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.05.024

Fossilized skin reveals coevolution with feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds

Autori: Maria E. McNamara, Fucheng Zhang, Stuart L. Kearns, Patrick J. Orr, André Toulouse, Tara Foley, David W. E. Hone, Chris S. Rogers, Michael J. Benton, Diane Johnson, Xing Xu, Zhonghe Zhou
Pubblicato in: Nature Communications, Numero 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723
Editore: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04443-x

Non-integumentary melanosomes can bias reconstructions of the colours of fossil vertebrates

Autori: Maria E. McNamara, Jonathan S. Kaye, Michael J. Benton, Patrick J. Orr, Valentina Rossi, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Pubblicato in: Nature Communications, Numero 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723
Editore: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05148-x

Exceptionally preserved fossil assemblages through geologic time and space

Autori: A.D. Muscente, James D. Schiffbauer, Jesse Broce, Marc Laflamme, Kenneth O'Donnell, Thomas H. Boag, Michael Meyer, Andrew D. Hawkins, John Warren Huntley, Maria McNamara, Lindsay A. MacKenzie, George D. Stanley, Nancy W. Hinman, Michael H. Hofmann, Shuhai Xiao
Pubblicato in: Gondwana Research, Numero 48, 2017, Pagina/e 164-188, ISSN 1342-937X
Editore: International Association for Godwana Research
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.020

Reconstructing Carotenoid-Based and Structural Coloration in Fossil Skin

Autori: Maria E. McNamara, Patrick J. Orr, Stuart L. Kearns, Luis Alcalá, Pere Anadón, Enrique Peñalver
Pubblicato in: Current Biology, Numero 26/8, 2016, Pagina/e 1075-1082, ISSN 0960-9822
Editore: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.038

Hierarchical biota-level and taxonomic controls on the chemistry of fossil melanosomes revealed using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence

Autori: Valentina Rossi, Samuel M. Webb, Maria E. McNamara
Pubblicato in: Scientific Reports, Numero 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Editore: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65868-3

Tissue-specific geometry and chemistry of modern and fossilized melanosomes reveal internal anatomy of extinct vertebrates

Autori: Valentina Rossi, Maria E. McNamara, Sam M. Webb, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Pubblicato in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Numero 116/36, 2019, Pagina/e 17880-17889, ISSN 0027-8424
Editore: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820285116

Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy of melanosomes in vertebrates and cephalopods: implications for the affinity of Tullimonstrum

Autori: Christopher S. Rogers, Timothy I. Astrop, Samuel M. Webb, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Maria E. McNamara
Pubblicato in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Numero 286/1913, 2019, Pagina/e 20191649, ISSN 0962-8452
Editore: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1649

Maturation experiments reveal bias in the chemistry of fossil melanosomes

Autori: Valentina Rossi, Samuel M. Webb, Maria McNamara
Pubblicato in: Geology, Numero 49/7, 2021, Pagina/e 784-788, ISSN 0091-7613
Editore: Geological Society of America
DOI: 10.1130/g48696.1

Fossil scales illuminate the early evolution of lepidopterans and structural colors

Autori: Qingqing Zhang, Wolfram Mey, Jörg Ansorge, Timothy A. Starkey, Luke T. McDonald, Maria E. McNamara, Edmund A. Jarzembowski, Wilfried Wichard, Richard Kelly, Xiaoyin Ren, Jun Chen, Haichun Zhang, Bo Wang
Pubblicato in: Science Advances, Numero 4/4, 2018, Pagina/e e1700988, ISSN 2375-2548
Editore: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700988