About the Authors

Fenglu Han

hfl0501@gmail.com

Affiliations Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Wenjie Zheng

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Dongyu Hu

Affiliation Paleontological Institute, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China

Xing Xu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Paul M. Barrett

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XX. Performed the experiments: FLH. Analyzed the data: FLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XX DYH WJZ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FLH PB XX.