About the Authors

Astrid Schuster

Affiliations Department of Earth- & Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany, SNSB – Bavarian State Collections of Palaeontology and Geology, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany

Dirk Erpenbeck

Affiliations Department of Earth- & Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany, GeoBio-CenterLMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany

Andrzej Pisera

Affiliation Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland

John Hooper

Affiliations Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia, Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia

Monika Bryce

Affiliations Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia, Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia, 6986, Australia

Jane Fromont

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia, 6986, Australia

Gert Wörheide

woerheide@lmu.de

Affiliations Department of Earth- & Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany, SNSB – Bavarian State Collections of Palaeontology and Geology, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany, GeoBio-CenterLMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GW AS DE. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DE AP JH JF GW. Wrote the paper: AS DE GW. Identification of specimens: AS AP JF JH MB.