About the Authors

Pierre-Olivier Antoine

pierre-olivier.antoine@univ-montp2.fr

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, UMR-CNRS 5554, CC064, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Maeva J. Orliac

Affiliations Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, UMR-CNRS 5554, CC064, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, Department of African Zoology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium

Gokhan Atici

Affiliation Department of Geology, General Directorate of MTA, Ankara, Turkey

Inan Ulusoy

Affiliation Hacettepe University Department of Geological Engineering, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

Erdal Sen

Affiliation Hacettepe University Department of Geological Engineering, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

H. Evren Çubukçu

Affiliation Hacettepe University Department of Geological Engineering, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

Ebru Albayrak

Affiliation General Directorate of MTA, Natural History Museum, Balgat, Ankara, Turkey

Neşe Oyal

Affiliation General Directorate of MTA, Natural History Museum, Balgat, Ankara, Turkey

Erkan Aydar

Affiliation Hacettepe University Department of Geological Engineering, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

Sevket Sen

Affiliation Centre de Recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS-UMR 7207, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: POA E. Aydar SS. Performed the experiments: POA E. Albayrak. Analyzed the data: POA MJO E. Albayrak SS. Wrote the paper: POA MJO E. Albayrak. Performed fieldwork: POA MJO IU ES EÇ GA NO SS.