About the Authors

Sergio Vargas

Affiliation Department of Earth- & Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, D-80333, München, Germany

Michelle Kelly

Affiliation National Centre for Coasts and Oceans, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 99940, Newmarket, Auckland, 1149, New Zealand

Kareen Schnabel

Affiliation National Centre for Coasts and Oceans, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14901, Wellington, New Zealand

Sadie Mills

Affiliation National Centre for Coasts and Oceans, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14901, Wellington, New Zealand

David Bowden

Affiliation National Centre for Coasts and Oceans, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14901, Wellington, New Zealand

Gert Wörheide

woerheide@lmu.de

Affiliations Department of Earth- & Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, D-80333, München, Germany, GeoBio-CenterLMU, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, D-80333, München, Germany, Bavarian State Collections of Palaeontology and Geology, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, D-80333, München, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GW KS SV. Performed the experiments: SV MK. Analyzed the data: SV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GW DB SM. Wrote the paper: SV MK. Coordinated sample collection: DB. Taxonomically identified the specimens: MK.