About the Authors

Kristian Remes

kristian.remes@uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Paleontology, Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Francisco Ortega

Affiliation Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Facultad de Ciencias, UNED, Madrid, Spain

Ignacio Fierro

Affiliation Museo Paleontológico de Elche (MUPE), Elche, Spain

Ulrich Joger

Affiliation Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Ralf Kosma

Affiliation Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

José Manuel Marín Ferrer

Affiliation Museo Paleontológico de Elche (MUPE), Elche, Spain

for the Project PALDES

Current address: For a list of the Project PALDES (Paleontología y Desarrollo) collaborators please see the Acknowledgments section.

for the Niger Project SNHM

Current address: For a list of the Niger Project SNHM (Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig) collaborators please see the Acknowledgments section.

Oumarou Amadou Ide

Affiliation Université Abdou Moumouni, Institut pour Recherche et Science Humaine (IRSH), Niamey, Niger

Abdoulaye Maga

Affiliation Université Abdou Moumouni, Institut pour Recherche et Science Humaine (IRSH), Niamey, Niger

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FO RK JMMF OI AM. Performed the experiments: FO IF UJ RK JMMF OI AM. Analyzed the data: KR FO IF UJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR. Wrote the paper: KR. Organized the excavation project and participated in the excavations: Project PALDES Niger Project SNHM.