About the Authors

Peter J. Bishop

peter.bishop@qm.qld.gov.au (PJB); m9.phillips@qut.edu.au (MJP)

Affiliations Ancient Environments Program, Queensland Museum, 122 Gerler Rd, Hendra, Queensland, 4011, Australia, School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, 4222, Australia

Christopher W. Walmsley

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia

Matthew J. Phillips

peter.bishop@qm.qld.gov.au (PJB); m9.phillips@qut.edu.au (MJP)

Affiliation School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia

Michelle R. Quayle

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia

Catherine A. Boisvert

Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine A. Boisvert, Colin R. McHenry

Affiliation Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia

Colin R. McHenry

Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine A. Boisvert, Colin R. McHenry

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJB MJP CAB CRM. Performed the experiments: PJB CWW MJP MRQ CAB CRM. Analyzed the data: PJB CWW MJP MRQ CAB CRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJB MJP CRM. Wrote the paper: PJB CWW MJP MRQ CAB CRM.