Table 3 Stages based on tooth development, stages predicted by indexes, and the percentage (fitted probability) assigned to each stage. Stage where the model fails in the prediction (with the probability in percentage) are marked in grey.

From: Integrating ontogenetic and behavioral analysis in fossil and extant Lynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827)

Sample

Distal root of P4

Mesial root of m1

Stage

Prediction

Fit. Prob.

Stage

Prediction

Fit. Prob

EBD-6975 M

B

B

0.66

B

B

0.94

EBD-19,322 M

B

C

0.64

B

B

0.74

EBD-29,893 M

B

B

0.87

B

B

0.94

EBD-30,096 M

B

B

0.87

B

B

0.87

MNCN-16,785

B

B

0.65

MNCN-16,755

B

B

0.81

MNCN-16,777 A

B

B

0.96

MNCN-16777B

B

C

0.97

MNCN-16,778 A

B

B

0.65

MNCN-16778B

B

B

0.91

MNCN-16,783

B

B

0.96

B

B

0.91

EBD-1376 M

C

C

0.93

C

C

0.87

EBD-19,283 M

C

C

0.90

C

C

0.65

EBD-19,319 M

C

C

0.95

C

C

0.74

EBD-19,794 M

C

C

0.94

C

D

0.51

EBD-26,314 M

C

C

0.94

EBD-27,761 M

C

C

0.80

C

C

0.55

EBD-30,111 M

C

C

0.97

C

C

0.97

EBD-30,112 M

C

C

0.84

C

C

0.97

MNCN-16,791

C

C

0.54

C

C

0.65

MNCN-16,794 A

C

D

0.69

C

C

0.96

MNCN-16794B

C

C

0.96

MNCN-16,788 A

C

C

0.54

C

C

0.65

MNCN-16788B

C

B

0.65

EBD-1400 M

D

D

0.94

D

D

0.98

EBD-5955 M

D

D

0.97

D

C

0.59

EBD-7099 M

D

E

0.77

D

E

0.76

EBD-26,315 M

D

D

0.98

EBD-30,100 M

D

D

0.89

D

D

0.85

MNCN-16,799

D

E

0.84

-

-

-

EBD-29,995 M

E

E

0.92

E

E

0.76

EBD-29,999 M

E

E

0.98

E

E

0.99

EBD-30,090 M

E

D

0.51

EBD-30,183 M

E

E

0.99

E

E

0.99

EBD-30,256 M

E

E

0.69

E

E

0.88

EBD-30,298 M

E

D

0.50

E

E

0.94