Table 6.

Spearman’s Rank and Kendall’s Tau correlation coefficients and uncorrected probability values (p) of statistical comparisons between CCM values of pterosaurs and various proxies within Lagerstätten only and Lagerstätten removed subgroups for the Mesozoic, Triassic/Jurassic, and the Cretaceous.

	MESOZOIC
	LAGERSTÄTTEN ONLY		LAGERSTÄTTEN REMOVED
CCM vs:	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau
Taxic Diversity	0.738 (p=0.0000258)	0.547 (p=0.000128)	0.328 (p=0.109)	0.253 (p=0.0759)
Lagerstatten presence/absence Tax. Div.	0.936 (p=0.00000000000633)	0.84 (p=0.00000000397)	0.219 (p=0.292)	0.16 (p=0.262)
Sauropod CCM	-0.00308 (p=0.988)	-0.0133 (p=0.926)	0.182 (p=0.383)	0.147 (p=0.304)
Aves CCM	0.615 (p=0.0252)	0.385 (p=0.0672)	0.418 (p=0.156)	0.385 (p=0.0672))
Sea Level	0.236 (p=0.256)	0.18 (p=0.207)	-0.0654 (p=0.756)	-0.02 (p=0.744)
	TRIASSIC/JURASSIC
	LAGERSTÄTTEN ONLY		LAGERSTÄTTEN REMOVED
CCM vs:	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau
Taxic Diversity	0.615 (p=0.0252)	0.385 (p=0.0672)	0.302 (p=0.316)	0.231 (p=0.272)
Lagerstatten presence/absence Tax. Div.	0.967 (p=0.0000000706)	0.897 (p=0.0000195)	0.275 (p=0.364)	0.179 (p=0.393)
Sauropod CCM	0.445 (p=0.128)	0.333 (p=0.113)	0.489 (p=0.0899)	0.387 (p=0.0672)
Aves CCM	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sea Level	0.214 (p=0.482)	0.103 (p=0.626)	-0.0824 (p=0.789)	-0.103 (p=0.626)
	CRETACEOUS
	LAGERSTÄTTEN ONLY		LAGERSTÄTTEN REMOVED
CCM vs:	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau
Taxic Diversity	0.755 (p=0.00451)	0.636 (p=0.00398)	0.294 (p=0.354)	0.212 (p=0.337)
Lagerstatten presence/absence Tax. Div.	0.944 (p=0.00000393)	0.848 (p=0.000123)	0.105 (p=0.746)	0.0909 (p=0.681)
Sauropod CCM	-0.538 (p=0.0709)	-0.394 (p=0.0746)	-0.035 (p=0.914)	0.0303 (p=0.891)
Aves CCM	0.622 (p=0.0307)	0.424 (p=0.0549)	0.378 (p=0.226)	0.364 (p=0.0998)
Sea Level	0.119 (p=0.713)	0.121 (p=0.583)	-0.189 (p=0.557)	-0.121 (0.583)

Results in bold highlight statistical significance at p=0.05