About the Authors

Alexandra Houssaye

houssaye@uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Paläontologie und Mineralogie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Johan Lindgren

Affiliation Department of Geology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Rodrigo Pellegrini

Affiliation New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, United States of America

Andrew H. Lee

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America

Damien Germain

Affiliation UMR7207 CNRS-MNHN-UPMC, Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Michael J. Polcyn

Affiliation Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH JL. Performed the experiments: AH. Analyzed the data: AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH JL AL RP DG MP. Wrote the paper: AH JL.