About the Authors

Holly N. Woodward

holly.n.woodward@gmail.com

Affiliation Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Thomas H. Rich

Affiliations Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Anusuya Chinsamy

Affiliation Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Rhodes Gift, South Africa

Patricia Vickers-Rich

Affiliation School of Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HNW. Performed the experiments: HNW. Analyzed the data: HNW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THR PV-R AC HNW. Wrote the paper: HNW. Provided access to laboratory materials and workspace: THR P-VR. Supplied additional fossil material for analysis: AC. Provided insight and revision suggestions for the manuscript: AC THR PV-R.