About the Authors

Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Erin Maxwell, Orangel A. Aguilera, Rodolfo Sánchez, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

Affiliation Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

Erin Maxwell

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Erin Maxwell, Orangel A. Aguilera, Rodolfo Sánchez, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

Affiliation Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany

Orangel A. Aguilera

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Erin Maxwell, Orangel A. Aguilera, Rodolfo Sánchez, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

Affiliation Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Biologia, Campus do Valonguinho, Outeiro São João Batista, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Rodolfo Sánchez

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Erin Maxwell, Orangel A. Aguilera, Rodolfo Sánchez, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

Affiliation Museo Paleontológico de Urumaco, Urumaco, estado Falcón, Venezuela

Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

Contributed equally to this work with: Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Erin Maxwell, Orangel A. Aguilera, Rodolfo Sánchez, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

m.sanchez@pim.uzh.ch

Affiliation Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDCB EM MRSV. Performed the experiments: JDCB EM OA MRSV. Analyzed the data: JDCB EM OA MRSV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDCB EM OA RS MRSV. Wrote the paper: JDCB EM OA MRSV.