About the Authors

Marco T. Neiber

marco.neiber@tiho-hannover.de (MTN); koenemann@biologie.uni-siegen.de (SK)

Affiliation Institute for Animal Ecology and Cell Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Tamara R. Hartke

Affiliation Institute for Animal Ecology and Cell Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Torben Stemme

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Institute of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Alexandra Bergmann

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Jes Rust

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Thomas M. Iliffe

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Stefan Koenemann

marco.neiber@tiho-hannover.de (MTN); koenemann@biologie.uni-siegen.de (SK)

Affiliation Section of Biology, Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: MN TRH TS AB JR SK. Prepared figures and tables: TS AB SK MN TMI. Revised article for intellectual content: SK MN TRH TS AB JS TMI.