About the Authors

Stephan Lautenschlager

glzsl@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Emily J. Rayfield

Affiliation School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Perle Altangerel

Affiliation National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Lindsay E. Zanno

Affiliations Nature Research Center, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Lawrence M. Witmer

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL EJR PA LEZ LMW. Performed the experiments: SL LMW. Analyzed the data: SL LEZ LMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL EJR PA LEZ LMW. Wrote the paper: SL EJR LEZ LMW.