Raman investigation of the pigment families in recent and fossil brachiopod shells.
Fossils
Pigments
Raman spectroscopy
Recent brachiopods
Shell patterns
UV light
Journal
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
ISSN: 1873-3557
Titre abrégé: Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9602533
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 Feb 2019
05 Feb 2019
Historique:
received:
09
08
2018
revised:
25
09
2018
accepted:
27
09
2018
pubmed:
8
10
2018
medline:
12
12
2018
entrez:
8
10
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Shells of the three subphyla of extant and extinct representatives of the phylum Brachiopoda display coloured patterns with diverse shapes and at different degrees. These colourations are readily visible in natural light but are best revealed under UV light for the fossils concerned. To identify these pigments, Raman spectroscopy has been used for the first time on brachiopod shells. The widespread identified pigments belong to the carotenoid family, best represented in all the animal kingdom, the second one concerns the melanin/melanin-like pigments and, surprisingly, additional molecules of the cytochrome family are revealed for the first time in one of the brachiopod shells studied. The putative functions of shell pigmentation, still under debate, are discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30292906
pii: S1386-1425(18)30903-X
doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.09.050
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Pigments, Biological
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
73-84Informations de copyright
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