Tissue-specific geometry and chemistry of modern and fossilized melanosomes reveal internal anatomy of extinct vertebrates
Rossi, Valentina, McNamara, Maria E., Webb, Sam M., Ito, Shosuke, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03.09.2019)
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03.09.2019)
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Allometric wing growth links parental care to pterosaur giantism
Yang, Zixiao, Jiang, Baoyu, Benton, Michael J, Xu, Xing, McNamara, Maria E, Hone, David W E
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (26.07.2023)
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (26.07.2023)
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Taphonomic experiments reveal authentic molecular signals for fossil melanins and verify preservation of phaeomelanin in fossils
Slater, Tiffany S., Ito, Shosuke, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa, Zhang, Fucheng, Sjövall, Peter, Jarenmark, Martin, Lindgren, Johan, McNamara, Maria E.
Published in Nature communications (06.10.2023)
Published in Nature communications (06.10.2023)
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Reconstructing Carotenoid-Based and Structural Coloration in Fossil Skin
McNamara, Maria E., Orr, Patrick J., Kearns, Stuart L., Alcalá, Luis, Anadón, Pere, Peñalver, Enrique
Published in Current biology (25.04.2016)
Published in Current biology (25.04.2016)
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Experimental analysis of soft‐tissue fossilization: opening the black box
Purnell, Mark A., Donoghue, Philip J. C., Gabbott, Sarah E., McNamara, Maria E., Murdock, Duncan J. E., Sansom, Robert S., Smith, Andrew
Published in Palaeontology (01.05.2018)
Published in Palaeontology (01.05.2018)
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Fossilized skin reveals coevolution with feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds
McNamara, Maria E., Zhang, Fucheng, Kearns, Stuart L., Orr, Patrick J., Toulouse, André, Foley, Tara, Hone, David W. E., Rogers, Chris S., Benton, Michael J., Johnson, Diane, Xu, Xing, Zhou, Zhonghe
Published in Nature communications (25.05.2018)
Published in Nature communications (25.05.2018)
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Fossilized biophotonic nanostructures reveal the original colors of 47-million-year-old moths
McNamara, Maria E, Briggs, Derek E G, Orr, Patrick J, Wedmann, Sonja, Noh, Heeso, Cao, Hui
Published in PLoS biology (01.11.2011)
Published in PLoS biology (01.11.2011)
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A Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur from Siberia with both feathers and scales
Godefroit, Pascal, Sinitsa, Sofia M., Dhouailly, Danielle, Bolotsky, Yuri L., Sizov, Alexander V., McNamara, Maria E., Benton, Michael J., Spagna, Paul
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (25.07.2014)
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (25.07.2014)
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Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy of melanosomes in vertebrates and cephalopods: implications for the affinity of Tullimonstrum
Rogers, Christopher S, Astrop, Timothy I, Webb, Samuel M, Ito, Shosuke, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa, McNamara, Maria E
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (23.10.2019)
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (23.10.2019)
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Experimental degradation of helicoidal photonic nanostructures in scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): implications for the identification of circularly polarizing cuticle in the fossil record
Odin, Giliane P., McNamara, Maria E., Arwin, Hans, Järrendahl, Kenneth
Published in Journal of the Royal Society interface (01.11.2018)
Published in Journal of the Royal Society interface (01.11.2018)
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Correction to 'What big eyes you have: the ecological role of giant pterygotid eurypterids'
Anderson, Ross P, McCoy, Victoria E, McNamara, Maria E, Briggs, Derek E G
Published in Biology letters (2005) (01.11.2020)
Published in Biology letters (2005) (01.11.2020)
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