Table 5. Diversification rates ([speciation – extinction]/lineage/million years) for 11 five million years intervals based on molecular timetrees and the fossil record.
| Time Interval (Ma) | Fossil Rate | AUTOhard Timetree Rate | AUTOsoft Timetree Rate | IRhard TimetreeRate | IRsoft TimetreeRate |
| 5 to 0 | 1.39E-01 | 2.11E-02 | 2.98E-01 | −3.63E-04 | −2.95E-01 |
| 10 to 5 | 2.86E-02 | 2.68E-01 | 5.91E-02 | 2.71E-01 | 2.98E-01 |
| 15 to 10 | 4.84E-02 | 1.64E-02 | 6.60E-02 | 4.41E-04 | −2.23E-01 |
| 20 to 15 | 1.65E-01 | 8.00E-02 | 8.01E-05 | 6.94E-02 | 2.10E-01 |
| 25 to 20 | 1.25E-01 | 4.19E-02 | 1.03E-02 | 5.66E-02 | −2.95E-04 |
| 30 to 25 | −1.14E-01 | 2.03E-02 | 8.68E-04 | 1.60E-02 | −1.11E-01 |
| 35 to 30 | −5.34E-02 | 5.97E-02 | 3.35E-03 | 2.08E-01 | 1.29E-01 |
| 40 to 35 | −1.96E-03 | 1.24E-02 | 7.52E-03 | 1.89E-01 | 2.23E-06 |
| 45 to 40 | −1.28E-02 | 9.16E-02 | 8.03E-04 | 1.70E-01 | 6.34E-02 |
| 50 to 45 | 1.36E-02 | 1.01E-06 | 6.64E-03 | 1.76E-01 | 1.07E-01 |
| 55 to 50 | 2.25E-01 | 1.64E-01 | 1.43E-03 | 2.15E-01 | 4.54E-02 |
| Correlation coefficient, r | 0.249 | 0.272 | −0.087 | −0.019 |