About the Authors

Gabe S. Bever

gbever@nyit.edu

Current address: Department of Anatomy, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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

Amy M. Balanoff

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

Mark A. Norell

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GSB SLB AMB MAN. Performed the experiments: GSB SLB AMB. Analyzed the data: GSB SLB AMB MAN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GSB SLB AMB MAN. Wrote the paper: GSB SLB AMB MAN.