Luke Barlow - LSF Data

Laser-stimulated Fluorescence images of the fossils used in Barlow et al. 2020. The decapods fluoresce brightly due to autofluorescent compounds in their exoskeleton which allows for the whole animal to be seen. Ammonites possess a phosphatised siphuncle in some specimens allowing for it to picked out from the surrounding shell. Fish are mostly articulate and some specimens have fluorescing gut contents due to the concentration of phosphate in the stomach.