Body size histories of Shungura Formation reptiles in biotic and abiotic environmental context

We are grateful to the National Museum of Ethiopia/Ethiopian Heritage Authority (ex-ARCCH, Ministry of Tourism) for allowing to access collections and perform research. We deeply thank the NME staff (T. Getachew, S. Melaku, and G. Tekle Yemanebirihan) for guidance and support with collection study and Blade Engda Redae for assistance with specimen numbers and databasing. We thank the many members of the Omo Group Research Expedition for helpful discussion that contributed to the content of this paper. We thank F.K. Manthi and E. Ndiema (National Museums of Kenya) for access to comparative specimens. This work was funded by a Herchel Smith Fellowship, Emmanuel College Panton Trust grant, and a Cambridge University Worts Travelling Scholars grant to A.K.P., NERC NE/W007576/1, NSF 2124836, and a Cambridge Africa ALBORADA grant to J.J.H. and J.M., with additional support from the Integrated Climate Change Biology and Conservation Paleobiology in Africa programmes of the IUBS to J.J.H. We are deeply indebted to the hundreds of people who participated to the fieldwork missions of the IORE, of the OGRE and of other research programs, who managed collections and databases, who prepared specimens, who contributed to their study, who provided financial support, who helped with administrative processes, and who provided advice and moral support. The OGRE is a joint program of PALEVOPRIM, the CFEE and the EHA principally funded by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the National Research Agency, the Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine, CNRS INEE, PALEVOPRIM, and the Fyssen Foundation. The OGRE is extremely grateful to the EHA, the SNNPR, the South Omo Zone, the Nyangatom and Dassanetch Weredas and their people for their help and reception. We would also like to thank the editor-in-chief, Michel Laurin, the associate editor, Aurelien Mounier, and the reviewers for their work on the manuscript.