About the Authors

Richard J. Butler

r.butler@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliations Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, München, Germany, GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Stephen L. Brusatte

Affiliations Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Mike Reich

Affiliation Museum, Sammlungen und Geopark, Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Sterling J. Nesbitt

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Rainer R. Schoch

Affiliation Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany

Jahn J. Hornung

Affiliation Museum, Sammlungen und Geopark, Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: RJB SLB MR SJN RRS JJH. Wrote the paper: RJB SLB MR SJN RRS JJH. Carried out phylogenetic analyses: SLB SJN RJB.