About the Authors

Philip D. Gingerich

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gingeric@umich.edu

Affiliation Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Mohammed Sameh M. Antar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geology and Paleontology, Nature Conservation Sector, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Cairo, Egypt

Iyad S. Zalmout

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Paleontology, Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.