About the Authors

Ruggero D’Anastasio

Affiliation University Museum – State University “G. d’Annunzio”, Piazza Trento e Trieste 1, Chieti, Italy

Stephen Wroe

swroe@une.edu.au

Affiliation Computational Biomechanics Research Group, Zoology, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia

Claudio Tuniz

Affiliations Multidisciplinary Laboratory, The “Abdus Salam” International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, Trieste, Italy, Centre for Archaeological Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Lucia Mancini

Affiliation Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Area Science Park, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

Deneb T. Cesana

Affiliation University Museum – State University “G. d’Annunzio”, Piazza Trento e Trieste 1, Chieti, Italy

Diego Dreossi

Affiliation Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Area Science Park, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

Mayoorendra Ravichandiran

Affiliation Division of Anatomy, University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Marie Attard

Affiliation Computational Biomechanics Research Group, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

William C. H. Parr

Affiliation Computational Biomechanics Research Group, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

Anne Agur

Affiliation Division of Anatomy, University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Luigi Capasso

Affiliation University Museum – State University “G. d’Annunzio”, Piazza Trento e Trieste 1, Chieti, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW RD CT. Performed the experiments: SW RD MR MA WP. Analyzed the data: RD SW CT LM DC DD MR MA WP AA LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WP. Wrote the paper: SW RD CT LM DC DD MR MA WP AA LC.