Diving dinosaurs? Caveats on the use of bone compactness and pFDA for inferring lifestyle

• Nathan P. Myhrvold ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan P. Myhrvold, Paul C. Sereno

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nathanm@intven.com

  Affiliation Intellectual Ventures, Bellevue, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3994-5143

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• Stephanie L. Baumgart,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9534-7389

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• Daniel Vidal,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Grupo de Biología Evolutiva, UNED, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-1357

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• Frank E. Fish ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Biology, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Donald M. Henderson ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

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• Evan T. Saitta ,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Paul C. Sereno

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan P. Myhrvold, Paul C. Sereno

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7958-3701

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