Table 3 HCl-AHPO-HPLC data for individual melanin marker concentrations (ng/mg) in fossil soft tissues and host sediments
Eumelanin markers | Phaeomelanin markers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fossil | PTCA | PDCA | PTeCA | PTeCA: PTCA | TTCA | TDCA | TTCA: TDCA |
Sinornithosaurus IVPP V 12811 | 3.71 ± 1.08 | 0.79 ± 0.04 | 5.78 ± 1.88 | 1.54 ± 0.06 | 3.13 ± 0 | 1.13 ± 0 | 2.77 ± 0 |
Sediment IVPP V 12811 | 1.05 | 0.52 | 2.26 | 2.15 | <0.3 | <0.2 | 1.5 |
Confuciusornis IVPP V 13171 | 5.72 ± 1.54 | 1.02 ± 0.15 | 10.02 ± 2.78 | 1.75 ± 0.01 | 4.59 ± 0 | 1.47 ± 0 | 3.12 ± 0 |
Confuciusornis CKGM F 6433 | 1.51 | 0.29 | 2.59 | 1.72 | 0.73 | 0.25 | 2.92 |
Sediment CKGM F 6433 | 0.70 | 0.16 | 1.14 | 1.63 | 0.11 | 0.2 | 0.55 |
Pelophylax pueyoi (adult) MNCN 63773 | 18.6 | 4.61 | 20.0 | 1.08 | 1.62 | 3.29 | 0.49 |
Pelophylax pueyoi (adult) MNCN 63678 | 23.75 ± 3.05 | 4.43 ± 0.51 | 26.15 ± 6.58 | 1.09 ± 0.13 | – | 4.99 ± 1.29 | – |
Pelophylax pueyoi (adult) MNCN 63694 | 7.51 | 2.31 | 12.0 | 1.6 | <0.5 | 2.79 | 0.18 |
Pelophylax pueyoi (tadpole) CKGM F 6434 | 155 | 30.1 | 169 | 1.09 | 45.4 | 42.1 | 1.08 |
Sediment CKGM F 6434 | 4.84 | 5.42 | 13.4 | 2.77 | 11.4 | 5.29 | 2.16 |
