About the Authors

Julien Benoit

Julien.benoit@univ-montp2.fr

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Sylvain Adnet

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Essid El Mabrouk

Affiliation Office National des Mines, Tunis, Tunisia

Hayet Khayati

Affiliation Office National des Mines, Tunis, Tunisia

Mustapha Ben Haj Ali

Affiliation Office National des Mines, Tunis, Tunisia

Laurent Marivaux

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Gilles Merzeraud

Affiliation Géosciences Montpellier, Université de Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Samuel Merigeaud

Affiliation Service d'Imagerie Médicale de l’Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Monique Vianey-Liaud

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Rodolphe Tabuce

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB SA LM GM SM MVL RT. Performed the experiments: JB. Analyzed the data: JB GM SA RT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM GM EME KH MBHA SM MVL RT. Wrote the paper: JB GM SA LM.