About the Authors

Charlie J. Underwood

c.underwood@bbk.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom

Zerina Johanson

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom

Monique Welten

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom

Brian Metscher

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Wien, Austria

Liam J. Rasch

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom

Gareth J. Fraser

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom

Moya Meredith Smith

Affiliations Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, King's College London, Dental Institute, Craniofacial Development, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJU ZJ MMS GJF. Performed the experiments: CJU ZJ MW LJR GJF MMS BM. Analyzed the data: CJU ZJ MW LJR GJF MMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJU ZJ MW LJR GJF MMS BM. Wrote the paper: CJU ZJ MW LJR GJF MMS.