About the Authors

Phil Senter

psenter@uncfsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States of America

James I. Kirkland

Affiliation Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Donald D. DeBlieux

Affiliation Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Scott Madsen

Affiliation Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Natalie Toth

Affiliation Rio Tinto Center, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS JIK NT. Performed the experiments: PS JIK NT. Analyzed the data: PS JIK NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JIK DDD SM. Wrote the paper: PS JIK NT.