About the Authors
- Sergio Vargas
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Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, München, Germany
- Astrid Schuster
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Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, München, Germany
- Katharina Sacher
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Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, München, Germany
- Gabrielle Büttner
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Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, München, Germany
- Simone Schätzle
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Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, München, Germany
- Benjamin Läuchli
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Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, München, Germany
- Kathryn Hall
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Affiliation Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- John N. A. Hooper
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Affiliations Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
- Dirk Erpenbeck
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Affiliations Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, München, Germany, GeoBio-CenterLMU, München, Germany
- Gert Wörheide
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* E-mail: woerheide@lmu.de
Affiliations Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, München, Germany, GeoBio-CenterLMU, München, Germany, Bavarian State Collections of Palaeontology and Geology, München, Germany
Competing Interests
Dirk Steinke is Campaign Coordinator for the MarBOL initiative and a co-organizer of the PLoS ONE MarBOL Collection. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SV GW. Performed the experiments: SV AS KS GB SS BL. Analyzed the data: SV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH JH DE GW. Wrote the paper: SV KH JH GW.