About the Authors

Tsiory H. Andrianavalona

tsioryandrianavalona@gmail.com

Affiliation Département de Paléontologie et d’Anthropologie Biologique, Faculté des Sciences, Université d’Antananarivo 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Tolotra N. Ramihangihajason

Affiliation Département de Paléontologie et d’Anthropologie Biologique, Faculté des Sciences, Université d’Antananarivo 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Armand Rasoamiaramanana

Affiliation Département de Paléontologie et d’Anthropologie Biologique, Faculté des Sciences, Université d’Antananarivo 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

David J. Ward

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

Jason R. Ali

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

Karen E. Samonds

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THA TNR AR KES. Analyzed the data: THA TNR DJW JRA KES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THA TNR DJW AR KES. Wrote the paper: THA TNR DJW JRA KES.