About the Authors

Richard J. Butler

butler.richard.j@gmail.com

Affiliations GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Paul M. Barrett

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

David J. Gower

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJB PMB DJG. Performed the experiments: RJB PMB DJG. Analyzed the data: RJB PMB DJG. Wrote the paper: RJB PMB DJG.