About the Authors

P. Martin Sander

martin.sander@uni-bonn.de

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

Xiaohong Chen

Affiliation Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources (formerly Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources), Hubei, China

Long Cheng

Affiliation Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources (formerly Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources), Hubei, China

Xiaofeng Wang

Affiliation Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources (formerly Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources), Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW PMS XC LC. Performed the experiments: XW PMS XC LC. Analyzed the data: PMS LC XC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XW XC LC. Wrote the paper: PMS.