XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., ICTAS Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, LAFLAMME, Marc, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, NW Washington, DC, DC 20560, MEYER, Michael, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ANDERSON, Evan P., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, CAI, Yaoping, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China and HUA, Hong, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710069, China, xiao@vt.edu, xiao@vt.edu

CREVELING, Jessica R.¹, JOHNSTON, David T.², POULTON, Simon W.³, SCHRAG, Daniel P.² and KNOLL, Andrew H.⁴, (1)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (4)Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, jcrevel@gps.caltech.edu, jcrevel@gps.caltech.edu

GILL, Benjamin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, JOHNSTON, David T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and KNOLL, Andrew H., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, bgill@fas.harvard.edu, bgill@fas.harvard.edu

WEHRBEIN, Randol Louis¹, MARSHALL, Craig P.¹, LIN, Jih-Pai², LIEBERMAN, Bruce S.³ and OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison¹, (1)Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, No. 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3)Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Dyche Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, wehrbein@ku.edu, wehrbein@ku.edu

RAHMAN, Imran A., School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, i.rahman.1@bham.ac.uk, i.rahman.1@bham.ac.uk

NOWACZEWSKI, Vincent Stephen, OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison and MARSHALL, Craig P., Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Rm. 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, cpmarshall@ku.edu, cpmarshall@ku.edu

MCNAMARA, Maria E.¹, BRIGGS, Derek E.G.², ORR, Patrick J.³, WEDMANN, Sonja⁴, NOH, Heeso⁵ and CAO, Hui⁵, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, (2)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, (3)UCD School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, (4)Forschungsstation Grube Messel, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Messel, D-64409, Germany, (5)Dept. of Applied Physics, Yale University, 401 Becton Center, 15 Prospect St, New Haven, 06520, maria.mcnamara@yale.edu, maria.mcnamara@yale.edu

LENG, Qin, Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University & LPS, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science, Smithfield, RI 02917 and YANG, Hong, Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Faculy Suite J, Smithfield, RI 02917, qleng@bryant.edu, qleng@bryant.edu

SMITH, Selena Y.¹, COLLINSON, Margaret E.², WILDE, Volker³, MARONE, Federica⁴ and STAMPANONI, Marco⁴, (1)Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, (3)Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, D-60325, Germany, (4)Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, CH-5232, Switzerland, sysmith@umich.edu, sysmith@umich.edu

HASTINGS, Alexander, Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8149, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, KRIGBAUM, John, Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, STEADMAN, David, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 and ALBURY, Nancy, Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation, The National Museum of The Bahamas, P.O. Box AB20755, Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, ahastings@georgiasouthern.edu, ahastings@georgiasouthern.edu

MUIR, Lucy A.¹, BOTTING, Joseph P.¹, VAN ROY, Peter², ZHANG, Yuandong¹ and LIN, Jih-pai¹, (1)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, (2)Research Unit Palaeontology, Department of Geology and Soil Science, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 / S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium, lucy@asoldasthehills.org, lucy@asoldasthehills.org

VAN ROY, Peter, Research Unit Palaeontology, Department of Geology and Soil Science, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 / S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, Peter.VanRoy@UGent.be, Peter.VanRoy@UGent.be

LIN, Jih-Pai, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, No. 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China and IVANTSOV, Andrey Yu, Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Profsoyuznaya 123, Moscow, 117997, Russia, jplin@gmail.com, jplin@gmail.com

BOTTING, Joseph P., Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, acutipuerilis@yahoo.co.uk, acutipuerilis@yahoo.co.uk

YANG, Zaichun, College of the Environmental and Life Sciences, Kaili University, Kaili, 556011, China, LIN, Jih-Pai, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, No. 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, ZHANG, Yaoping, Southeast Guizhou Association for Science and Technology, Kaili, 556000, China and WU, Yishan, Fourth Middle School, Kaili, 556000, China, yzcnaraoia@qq.com, yzcnaraoia@qq.com