About the Authors

Michelle Spaulding

mspaulding@amnh.org

Affiliations Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Maureen A. O'Leary

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

John Gatesy

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS MAO JG. Performed the experiments: MS MAO JG. Analyzed the data: MS MAO JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS MAO JG. Wrote the paper: MS MAO JG.