About the Authors

Hesham M. Sallam

sallam@mans.edu.eg

Affiliation Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Erik R. Seiffert

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Elwyn L. Simons

Affiliation Division of Fossil Primates, Duke Lemur Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMS ERS ELS. Performed the experiments: HMS ERS ELS. Analyzed the data: HMS ERS ELS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMS ERS ELS. Wrote the paper: HMS ERS ELS.