Table 7.

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 marine and terrestrial subgroups for the Mesozoic, Triassic/Jurassic, and the Cretaceous.

	MESOZOIC				TRIASSIC/JURASSIC				CRETACEOUS
	TERRESTRIAL		MARINE		TERRESTRIAL		MARINE		TERRESTRIAL		MARINE
CCM vs:	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau	Spearman's rs	Kendall's tau
Taxic Diversity	0.587 (p=0.00204)	0.407 (p=0.00438)	0.247 (p=0.234)	0.12 (p=0.4)	0.555 (p=0.049)	0.385 (p=0.0672)	0.269 (p=0.374)	0.154 (p=0.464)	0.531 (p=0.0754)	0.394 (p=0.0746)	0.028 (p=0.931)	0.0303 (p=0.891)
Env. Taxic Diversity	0.585 (p=0.00215)	0.44 (p=0.00205)	0.686 (p=0.000153)	0.527 (p=0.000224)	0.714 (p=0.00609)	0.538 (p=0.0104)	0.615 (p=0.0252)	0.513 (p=0.0147)	0.413 (p=0.183)	0.364 (p=0.0998)	0.028 (p=0.931)	0.0303 (p=0.891)
Group TBCs	-0.0454 (p=0.829)	-0.0333 (p=0.815)	0.536 (p=0.00573)	0.373 (p=0.0089)	-0.209 (p=0.494)	-0.231 (p=0.272)	0.626 (p=0.022)	0.462 (p=0.0281)	0.413 (p=0.183)	0.303 (p=0.170)	0.294 (p=0.354)	0.212 (p=0.337)
Sauropod CCM	-0.00615 (p=0.977)	-0.00667 (p=0.963)	0.283 (p=0.170)	0.187 (p=0.191)	-0.011 (p=0.972)	-0.0769 (p=0.714)	0.571 (p=0.0413)	0.410 (p=0.0509)	-0.266 (p=0.404)	-0.152 (p=0.493)	-0.21 (p=0.513)	-0.182(p=0.411)
Aves CCM	0.209 (p=0.494)	0.154 (p=0.464)	0.473 (p=0.103)	0.308 (p=0.143)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.238 (p=0.457)	0.182 (p=0.411)	0.476 (p=0.118)	0.333 (p=0.131)
Sea Level	0.162 (p=0.438)	0.107 (p=0.455)	-0.115 (p=0.583)	-0.113 (p=0.427)	0.368 (p=0.216)	0.256 (p=0.222)	-0.346 (p=0.247)	-0.333 (p=0.113)	-0.112 (p=0.729)	-0.0606 (p=0.784)	-0.042 (p=0.897)	-0.0909 (p=0.681)

Results in bold highlight statistical significance at p=0.05