About the Authors
- Paul C. Sereno
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* E-mail: dinosaur@uchicago.edu
Affiliation Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Elena A. A. Garcea
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Filologia e Storia, University of Cassino, Cassino, Italy
- Hélène Jousse
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Affiliation Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria
- Christopher M. Stojanowski
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Affiliation School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- Jean-François Saliège
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Affiliation Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat Expérimentations et Approches Numériques, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Abdoulaye Maga
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Affiliations Direction de L'Education, Culture, Science et Technologie, Economic Community of West African States Commission, Abuja, Nigeria, Institut des Sciences Humaines, Université de Niamey, Niamey, République du Niger
- Oumarou A. Ide
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Affiliation Institut des Sciences Humaines, Université de Niamey, Niamey, République du Niger
- Kelly J. Knudson
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Affiliation School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- Anna Maria Mercuri
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Affiliation Dipartimento del Museo di Paleobiologia e dell'Orto Botanico, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Thomas W. Stafford Jr.
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Affiliation Stafford Research Laboratories, Inc., Lafayette, Colorado, United States of America
- Thomas G. Kaye
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Affiliation Burke Museum of Natural History, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Carlo Giraudi
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Affiliation Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente, Rome, Italy
- Isabella Massamba N'siala
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Affiliation Dipartimento del Museo di Paleobiologia e dell'Orto Botanico, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Enzo Cocca
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Antropologiche e Archeologiche dell'Antichità, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
- Hannah M. Moots
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Affiliation Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Didier B. Dutheil
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Affiliation Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
- Jeffrey P. Stivers
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Current address: North Bend, Washington, United States of America
Affiliation Federal Way, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Involved in writing sections of the paper: PCS EAAG HJ CMS AM OI KJK AMM CG DBD. Participants in the field work: PCS EAAG HJ CMS AM OI CG IMN HMM DBD JPS. Geologic interpretations: PCS HJ CG. Chronological framework: PCS EAAG HJ J-FS TWS. Faunal analysis: PCS DBD. Skeletal processing and reconstruction: PCS. Ornament analysis: PCS TGK HMM. Felsite identification: PCS TGK. Lithic analysis: EAAG EC. Ceramic analysis and reconstruction: EAAG. Craniofacial analysis: CMS. Isotope analysis: KJK. Pollen analysis: AMM IMN.