About the Authors

Michael D. D'Emic

michael.demic@stonybrook.edu

Affiliation Anatomical Sciences Department, Stony Brook University, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Philip D. Mannion

Affiliation Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom

Paul Upchurch

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Roger B. J. Benson

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Qiqing Pang

Affiliation Shijiazhuang University of Economics, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China

Cheng Zhengwu

Affiliation Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDD PDM PU QP CZ. Performed the experiments: MDD PDM PU QP CZ. Analyzed the data: MDD PDM PU RBJB QP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDD PDM PU RBJB QP CZ. Wrote the paper: MDD PDM PU.