About the Authors

Danielle Fraser

danielle_fraser@carleton.ca

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Palaeobiology, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Christopher Hassall

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Root Gorelick

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Natalia Rybczynski

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Palaeobiology, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DF CH NR. Performed the experiments: DF. Analyzed the data: DF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH RG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DF. Manuscript copyediting: CH RG NR.