KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research | |
Roy, Arindam1; Pittman, Michael1; Saitta, Evan T.2; Kaye, Thomas G.3; Xu, Xing4 | |
2019-09-19 | |
发表期刊 | BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS |
ISSN | 1464-7931 |
卷号 | 95期号:1页码:29 |
摘要 | Preserved melanin pigments have been discovered in fossilised integumentary appendages of several amniote lineages (fishes, frogs, snakes, marine reptiles, non-avialan dinosaurs, birds, and mammals) excavated from lagerstatten across the globe. Melanisation is a leading factor in organic integument preservation in these fossils. Melanin in extant vertebrates is typically stored in rod- to sphere-shaped, lysosome-derived, membrane-bound vesicles called melanosomes. Black, dark brown, and grey colours are produced by eumelanin, and reddish-brown colours are produced by phaeomelanin. Specific morphotypes and nanostructural arrangements of melanosomes and their relation to the keratin matrix in integumentary appendages create the so-called 'structural colours'. Reconstruction of colour patterns in ancient animals has opened an exciting new avenue for studying their life, behaviour and ecology. Modern relationships between the shape, arrangement, and size of avian melanosomes, melanin chemistry, and feather colour have been applied to reconstruct the hues and colour patterns of isolated feathers and plumages of the dinosaurs Anchiornis, Sinosauropteryx, and Microraptor in seminal papers that initiated the field of palaeocolour reconstruction. Since then, further research has identified countershading camouflage patterns, and informed subsequent predictions on the ecology and behaviour of these extinct animals. However, palaeocolour reconstruction remains a nascent field, and current approaches have considerable potential for further refinement, standardisation, and expansion. This includes detailed study of non-melanic pigments that might be preserved in fossilised integuments. A common issue among existing palaeocolour studies is the lack of contextualisation of different lines of evidence and the wide variety of techniques currently employed. To that end, this review focused on fossil amniotes: (i) produces an overarching framework that appropriately reconstructs palaeocolour by accounting for the chemical signatures of various pigments, morphology and local arrangement of pigment-bearing vesicles, pigment concentration, macroscopic colour patterns, and taphonomy; (ii) provides background context for the evolution of colour-producing mechanisms; and (iii) encourages future efforts in palaeocolour reconstructions particularly of less-studied groups such as non-dinosaur archosaurs and non-archosaur amniotes. |
关键词 | palaeocolour melanin melanosomes exceptional preservation amniotes taphonomy |
DOI | 10.1111/brv.12552 |
关键词[WOS] | BIZARRE JURASSIC MANIRAPTORAN ; AVIAN PLUMAGE COLOR ; STRUCTURAL COLORATION ; SOFT-TISSUE ; COAT COLOR ; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION ; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION ; CAROTENOID-PIGMENTS ; RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY ; PTERIDINE PIGMENTS |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
资助项目 | Faculty of Science of the University of Hong Kong ; Faculty of Science of the University of Hong Kong ; Hong Kong PhD Fellowship[HKPF PF16-09281] ; Hong Kong PhD Fellowship[HKPF PF16-09281] ; HKU MOOC course Dinosaur Ecosystems ; HKU MOOC course Dinosaur Ecosystems |
WOS研究方向 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics |
WOS类目 | Biology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000487471400001 |
出版者 | WILEY |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/10240 |
专题 | 中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所 |
通讯作者 | Roy, Arindam; Pittman, Michael |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Hong Kong, Dept Earth Sci, Vertebrate Palaeontol Lab, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 2.Field Museum Nat Hist, Sect Earth Sci, Integrat Res Ctr, 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605 USA 3.Fdn Sci Adv, 7023 Alhambra Dr, Sierra Vista, AZ 85650 USA 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Roy, Arindam,Pittman, Michael,Saitta, Evan T.,et al. Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research[J]. BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS,2019,95(1):29. |
APA | Roy, Arindam,Pittman, Michael,Saitta, Evan T.,Kaye, Thomas G.,&Xu, Xing.(2019).Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research.BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS,95(1),29. |
MLA | Roy, Arindam,et al."Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research".BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS 95.1(2019):29. |
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