About the Authors

John A. Long

john.long@flinders.edu.au

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Geosciences, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Carole J. Burrow

Affiliation Ancient Environments, Queensland Museum, Hendra, Queensland, Australia

Michal Ginter

Affiliation Palaeontology Section, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

John G. Maisey

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

Kate M. Trinajstic

Affiliations Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Michael I. Coates

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

Gavin C. Young

Affiliation Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Tim J. Senden

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAL CJB JGM MIC MG KMT GCY TJS. Performed the experiments: JAL MIC TJS GCY JGM. Analyzed the data: JAL KMT CJB TJS GCY JGM MIC MG. Wrote the paper: JAL CJB MG JGM MIC. Collection and preparation of the specimen: JAL.