About the Authors

Mohibullah Mohibullah

mk241@le.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Department of Geology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan

Mark Williams

Affiliation Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Thijs R. A. Vandenbroucke

Affiliation Géosystèmes, Université Lille 1, Lille, France

Koen Sabbe

Affiliation Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Jan A. Zalasiewicz

Affiliation Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM MW TV KS JZ. Performed the experiments: MM MW TV KS JZ. Analyzed the data: MM MW TV KS JZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM MW TV KS JZ. Wrote the paper: MM MW TV KS JZ.