Table 8. Inferred dinosaur nest types based on the phylogenetic flexible discriminant analysis.
Taxon/ootaxon | Prediction | Posterior probabilities | |
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Covered nest | Open nest | ||
Megaloolithus patagonicus (titanosaur sauropod) | Covered nest | 0.888 | 0.112 |
Lourinhanosaurus antunesi | Covered nest | 0.898 | 0.102 |
Macroolithus yaotunensis (oviraptorosaurs) | Open nest | 0.487 | 0.513 |
Prismatoolithus levis (Troodon formosus) | Open nest | 0.357 | 0.643 |
Euryapteryx sp. | Open nest | 0.358 | 0.642 |
Pachyornis geranoides | Open nest | 0.243 | 0.757 |