About the Authors

Lida Xing

xinglida@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Earth Sciences Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

Martin G. Lockley

Affiliation Dinosaur Trackers Research Group, University of Colorado at Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Daniel Marty

Affiliation Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland

Jianping Zhang

Affiliation School of Earth Sciences Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

Yan Wang

Affiliation Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Linyi, Shandong 276000, China

Hendrik Klein

Affiliation Saurierwelt Paläontologisches Museum, Alte Richt 7, D-92318 Neumarkt, Germany

Richard T. McCrea

Affiliation Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre, Box 1540, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, V0C 2W0, Canada

Lisa G. Buckley

Affiliation Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre, Box 1540, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, V0C 2W0, Canada

Matteo Belvedere

Affiliation Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany

Octávio Mateus

Affiliation Departamento de Ciências da Terra (CICEGe-FCT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon 2530−157, Portugal

Gerard D. Gierliński

Affiliation Moab Giants Tracks Museum, 112 W, SR 313, Moab, Utah, United States of America

Laura Piñuela

Affiliation Museo del Jurásico de Asturias MUJA (Jurassic Museum of Asturias), Colunga E-33328, Spain

W. Scott Persons IV

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta 11455 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada

Fengping Wang

Affiliation Qijiang District Bureau of Land Resources, Chongqing 401420, China

Hao Ran

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Education, Guilin 541004, China

Hui Dai

Affiliation No.208 Hydrogeological and Engineering Geological Team, Chongqing Bureau of Geological and Mineral Resource Exploration and Development, Chongqing 400700, China

Xianming Xie

Affiliation Qijiang District Bureau of Land Resources, Chongqing 401420, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LX ML. Performed the experiments: LX ML DM JZ YW HK RM LB MB OM WP FW HR HD XX GG LP. Analyzed the data: LX ML DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LX ML DM. Wrote the paper: LX ML DM JZ HK RM LB MB OM WP.