About the Authors

Gongle Shi

glshi@nigpas.ac.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China

Suryendu Dutta

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

Swagata Paul

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

Bo Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China, Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Frédéric M. B. Jacques

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS SD. Performed the experiments: SD SP. Analyzed the data: SD SP GS BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS SD FMBJ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GS SD SP BW.