About the Authors

Shiqiu Liu

Affiliation School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Adam S. Smith

Affiliation Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Yuting Gu

Affiliation School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jie Tan

Affiliation School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

C. Karen Liu

Affiliation School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Greg Turk

turk@cc.gatech.edu

Affiliation School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL ASS YG JT CKL GT. Performed the experiments: SL JT. Analyzed the data: SL ASS YG JT CKL GT. Wrote the paper: SL ASS JT CKL GT. Plesiosaur body layout and joint ranges: ASS. Created digital models: YG. Wrote simulation software: JT SL.