Table 1 Selected results of model-fitting procedure.

From: Sea level regulated tetrapod diversity dynamics through the Jurassic/Cretaceous interval

Group

Parameter

AICc

Spearman's rank

Pearson’s PMCC

  

Likelihood

Weight

Rho

Adjusted P value

r

Adjusted P value

Crocodyliformes (marine)

Palaeotemp.

22.741

0.237

−0.524

0.634

−0.522

0.678

Crocodyliformes (non-marine)

Sea level

26.285

0.969

0.750

0.175

0.846

0.028

Lissamphibia

Palaeotemp.

38.260

0.796

0.700

0.301

0.742

0.154

Mammaliaformes

Sea level

51.394

0.931

−0.450

0.537

−0.666

0.301

Ornithischia

Sea level

60.106

0.391

0.200

0.681

0.047

0.898

Pterosauria

Sea level

33.261

0.872

0.714

0.406

0.647

0.581

Sauropodomorpha

Sea level

41.191

0.501

0.310

0.810

0.457

0.564

Sauropterygia

Sea level

41.820

0.409

0.055

0.906

0.065

0.985

Testudines

Palaeotemp.

50.648

0.258

0.343

0.880

0.462

0.891

Theropoda

Sea level

72.931

0.534

−0.018

0.968

0.037

0.954

  1. For complete results for both subsampled and raw taxonomic diversity, see Supplementary Information 7. Data for sea level from Miller et al.53, and for palaeotemperature (Palaeotemp.) from the δ18O proxy from Prokoph et al.54.