About the Authors

Martin R. Langer

martin.langer@uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn, Germany

Anna E. Weinmann

Affiliation Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn, Germany

Stefan Lötters

Affiliation Biogeography Department, Universität Trier, Trier, Germany

Joan M. Bernhard

Affiliation Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dennis Rödder

Affiliation Zoologisches Forschungsmusem Alexander Koenig, Museum Koenig, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Sample Collection: MRL AEW. Conceived and designed the experiments: MRL. Performed the experiments: MRL AEW. Analyzed the data: MRL AEW DR SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AEW DR SL JMB. Wrote the paper: MRL AEW JMB.