About the Authors

Trevor H. Worthy

trevor.worthy@flinders.edu.au

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Miyess Mitri

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Warren D. Handley

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Michael S. Y. Lee

Affiliations Earth Sciences Section, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Atholl Anderson

Affiliation Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Christophe Sand

Affiliation Institut d’Archéologie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et du Pacifique, BP 11423, 98802 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THW MSYL WDH. Performed the experiments: THW MSYL WDH MM. Analyzed the data: THW MSYL WDH MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THW MSYL AA CS. Wrote the paper: THW MSYL WDH. Collected fossil material: CS AA THW. Responsible for drawings: MM.