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Sean McMahon

University of EdinburghORCID 0000-0001-8589-2041Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Alexander J. HetheringtoniD· 1 shared Andrei V. GromoviD· 1 shared Corentin LoroniD· 1 shared Edwin Rodriguez DzuliD· 1 shared Hendrik VondracekiD· 1 shared Laetitia PicheviniD· 1 shared Laura M. CooperiD· 1 shared Martin BrasieriD· 1 shared

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PaleontologybioRxivPreprintJan 13, 2026

Experimental evidence for a microbial origin of reduction spots in red beds

Sev Zielinska, Nim Felton, Philip B. Vixseboxse, Sean McMahon

The paper demonstrates experimentally that microbial activity can create bleached spots in ferruginous sediments, supporting the microbial origin of similar features in ancient red beds.

DOI 10.64898/2026.01.12.699011

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PaleontologybioRxivPreprintMar 14, 2025

Prototaxites was an extinct lineage of multicellular terrestrial eukaryotes

Corentin Loron, Laura M. Cooper, Sean McMahon…·Alexander J. Hetherington

The paper analyzes the anatomy and molecular composition of Prototaxites to determine its taxonomic classification, concluding it is not a fungus but an extinct terrestrial lineage.

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