About the Authors

Melanie J. Hopkins

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

elizf@nwu.edu.cn (ZZ); mhopkins@amnh.org (MJH)

Affiliation Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Feiyang Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, China

Shixue Hu

Roles Resources, Visualization

Affiliation Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, China

Zhifei Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

elizf@nwu.edu.cn (ZZ); mhopkins@amnh.org (MJH)

Affiliation Early Life Institute, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics and Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.