Oxytropidoceras Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Crystal Caskets For Pigments (Paleochemistry: Ancient pigment extracted from 340 million-year-old crinoid fossils) by Sarah Everts, Chemical and Engineering News, http://cen.acs.org/a...s-Pigments.html O'Malley, C. E., W. I. Ausich, and Y.-P. Chin, 2013, Isolation and characterization of the earliest taxon-specific organic molecules (Mississippian, Crinoidea) Geology. First published online January 17, 2013, doi: 10.1130/G33792.1 http://geology.gsapu.../01/17/G33792.1 Best wishes, Paul H. Edited January 24, 2013 by Oxytropidoceras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonesnbones Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I am always amazed at the new techniques that are being used to unlock the secrets of the past. Color pigment can be determined on ancient crinoids...wow, that is cool...thanks for sharing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 This is absolutely amazing! Thanks for the articles, Paul. - Gabe I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxytropidoceras Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Geology | OSU researchers found color in fossil ‘sea lilies’ by Dale Gnidovee, Columbus Dispatch, April 1, 2013 http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2013/03/31/1-osu-researchers-found-color-in-fossil-sea-lilies.html Yours, Paul H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Jim Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Good grief...that is amazing. Fossils record in technicolor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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