About the Authors

Terry A. Gates

terryagates@gmail.com

Affiliations Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio, United States of America, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Albert Prieto-Márquez

Affiliation Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany

Lindsay E. Zanno

Affiliations North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Nature Research Center, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TAG AP-M LEZ. Performed the experiments: TAG AP-M. Analyzed the data: TAG AP-M LEZ. Wrote the paper: TAG AP-M LEZ.