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New paper on fossil feather preservation published in Geology

18 Mar 2025

We discovered that feathers can preserve in zeolite minerals in pyroclastic deposits. This new mode of preservation of soft tissues opens up exciting opportunities to find remarkable fossils in volcanic rocks.

Maria McNamara Research Group

Experimental and analytical taphonomy

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University College Cork (UCC), Butler Building, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23 TK30, Ireland

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