About the Authors

Martin Košťák

* Email: martin.kostak@natur.cuni.cz

Affiliation Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

John W. M. Jagt

Affiliation Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Robert P. Speijer

Affiliation Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Peter Stassen

Affiliation Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Etienne Steurbaut

Affiliations Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: MK JWMJ RS ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RPS PS ES. Wrote the manuscript: MK JWMJ RPS ES. Carried out mechanical and optical analyses: MK.