Amniote-reptile-bird trees

List of cladograms tested for their correspondence with stratigraphic data. Cladograms are listed alphabetically. For each group, data are listed in order, as follows:

Group name
Tree size (number of terminals)
SRL, Standard range length, the total time represented by known fossil ranges
MIG, Minimum implied gap or ‘ghost range’
Gmin, the minimum possible ghost range when cladogram branches are rearranged
Gmax, the maximum possible ghost range when cladogram branches are rearranged
RCI, the Relative completeness index (Benton, 1994)
RCI and GER Sig., significance of the RCI and GER measures
No. consistent nodes, the number of stratigraphically consistent nodes
SCI, the Stratigraphic consistency index (Huelsenbeck, 1994)
SCI Sig., significance of the SCI measure
GER, the Gap excess ratio (Wills, 1999)
Range, the broad stratigraphic range of the cladogram
Reference, the source of the cladogram assessed

Group	No. terminals	SRL	MIG	Gmin	Gmax	RCI	RCI & GER Sig	Consistent nodes	SCI	SCI Sig.	GER	Range of O	Reference
Amniota(1)	6	1233	177	85	189	85.644769	73	2	0.5	87.5	0.11539	Tri-Jur	Gaffney (1980, in Benton 1991, fig. 6)
Amniota(2)	6	1233	189	85	189	84.671533	100	2	0.5	88.5	0	Tri-Jur	Gardiner (1982, fig. 2)
Amniota(3)	12	1570	333	168	801	78.789809	100	7	0.7	0.75	0.73934	Perm-Cret	Gardiner (1982, fig. 3)
Amniota(4)	5	750	185	156	316	75.333333	2.75	2	0.666667	29.25	0.81875	Carb-Jur	Gardiner (1982, fig. 4)
Amniota(5)	6	1233	189	85	189	84.671533	100	1	0.25	93.25	0	Tri-Jur	Løvtrup (1985, in Benton 1991, fig. 8)
Amniota(6)	29	1978	381	101	1726	80.738119	100	18	0.666667	93.25	0.82769	Carb-Tri	Gauthier et al. (1988a, fig. 3)
Amniota(7)	10	986	173	88	362	82.454361	1.5	6	0.75	3	0.68978	Carb-Tri	Gauthier et al. (1988b, fig. 4.4)
Amniota(8)	12	1284	248	88	500	80.685358	10	7	0.7	8.5	0.61165	Carb-Tri	Benton (1991, fig. 14)
Amniota(9)	6	1101	115	107	320	89.55495	3	3	0.75	10.5	0.962441	Carb-Jur	Gaffney & Meeker (1983, fig. 2)
Amniota(10)	8	706	107	56	315	84.844193	3	3	0.5	16.5	0.803089	Carb-Perm	deBraga & Reisz (1996, fig. 3)
Anapsida-Captorhinidae	8	122	55	55	268	54.918033	0.5	6	1	0.5	1	Carb-Perm	Dodick and Modesto (1995, fig. 15)
Anapsida-Pareiasauria(1)	6	31	11	6	15	64.516129	23	2	0.5	42	0.444444	Perm	Lee et al. (1997, fig. 9)
Testudines(1)	6	633	231	169	511	63.507109	16.25	2	0.5	19.5	0.81871	Tri-Paleog	Gaffney (1975, fig. 26)
Testudines(2)	18	1211	652	169	2323	46.160198	0.75	8	0.5	6.75	0.77577	Tri-Paleog	Gaffney (1984, fig. 1)
Testudines(3)	6	609	193	169	496	68.308703	5	2	0.5	42.25	0.92661	Tri-Paleog	Moody (1984, fig. 1)
Testudines(4)	13	944	353	169	1343	62.605932	5	6	0.545455	0.75	0.84327	Tri-Paleog	Gaffney & Meylan (1988, fig. 5.1)
Testudines(A)	11	846	348	82	518	58.865248	13.5	4	0.444444	30.5	0.389908	Cret-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 1)
Testudines(B)	14	1033	445	183	1911	56.921588	2	7	0.583333	14	0.84838	Tri-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 2)
Testudines(C-E)	13	1014	276	82	598	72.781065	1	6	0.545455	44.5	0.624031	Cret-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 3a)
Testudines(C-E)	13	1014	278	82	598	72.583826	1	5	0.454545	56.5	0.620155	Cret-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 3b)
Testudines(C-E)	13	1014	210	82	598	79.289941	1	7	0.636364	32	0.751938	Cret-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 3c)
Testudines(F,G)	14	1033	445	183	1911	56.921588	2	7	0.583333	14	0.84838	Tri-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 3d)
Testudines(F,G)	14	1033	311	183	1911	69.893514	2	8	0.666667	5	0.925926	Tri-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 4a)
Testudines(H, J)	16	1206	591	183	2132	50.995025	0.5	7	0.5	12.5	0.790662	Tri-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 4b)
Testudines(H, J)	16	1206	470	183	2132	61.028192	0.5	8	0.571429	1	0.852745	Tri-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 4c)
Testudines(I)	15	1132	569	183	1981	49.734982	1.5	7	0.538462	8.5	0.785317	Tri-Rec	Shaffer et al. (1997, fig. 4d)
Testudines-Baenidae	4	36	92	83	92	-155.55556	100	1	0.5	83	0	Cret-Rec	Brinkman & Nicholls (1991, fig. 10)
Testudines-Bataguridae	26	197	631	56	1209	-220.30457	38.25	10	0.416667	56.75	0.5013	Paleog-Neog	Gaffney & Meylan (1988, fig. 5.12)
Testudines-Chelonioidea	21	368	416	102	958	-13.043478	4.75	8	0.421053	40.25	0.63318	Cret-Neog	Gaffney & Meylan (1988, fig. 5.9)
Testudines-Cryptodira	7	368	220	123	628	40.217391	5	3	0.6	12.5	0.80792	Jur-Cret	Brinkman & Nicholls (1993, fig. 4)
Testudines-Emydidae	10	88	217	56	472	-146.59091	66.25	4	0.5	55.75	0.61298	Paleog-Neog	Gaffney & Meylan (1988, fig. 5.11)
Testudines-Kinosternidae	9	35	115	56	298	-228.57143	1.5	5	0.714286	4	0.756198	Eoc-Rec	Hutchison (1991, fig. 10)
Testudines-Pleurodira(1)	15	578	336	112	649	41.868512	2	5	0.384615	72.5	0.582868	Cret-Rec	Meylan (1996, fig. 11)
Testudines-Pleurodira(2)	18	457	534	225	3098	-16.849015	46.75	7	0.4375	25	0.89245	Tri-Neog	Gaffney & Meylan (1988, fig. 5.7)
Testudines-Protostegidae	7	111	45	29	141	59.459459	7	3	0.6	12.5	0.857143	Cret	Hooks (1998, fig. 1)
Testudines-Selmacryptodira	21	383	751	155	1559	-96.083551	0.25	10	0.526316	51.25	0.5755	Jur-Neog	Gaffney & Meylan (1988, fig. 5.8)
Testudines-Testudinidae	20	294	282	56	771	4.081633	0.75	11	0.611111	2.5	0.68392	Paleog-Neog	Gaffney & Meylan (1988, fig. 5.13)
Testudines-Trionychoidea	27	458	857	112	2125	-87.117904	2	15	0.6	3.75	0.62991	Cret-Neog	Gaffney & Meylan (1988, fig. 5.10)
Diapsida(1)	11	1102	149	93	624	86.479129	2	4	0.444444	9.25	0.89454	Carb-Tri	Gauthier et al. (1988a, fig. 3)
Diapsida(2)	10	562	201	139	512	64.234875	0.5	5	0.625	5.5	0.83378	Carb-Jur	Laurin (1991, fig. 11)
Diapsida(3)	28	1243	321	133	565	74.175382	19	13	0.5	49	0.564815	Carb-Cret	Rieppel (1998, fig. 7B)
Diapsida-basal(1)	4	94	74	61	90	21.276596	36	1	0.5	52	0.551724	Carb-Perm	Reisz et al. (1984, fig. 5)
Diapsida-basal(2)	8	124	74	61	241	40.322581	0.5	5	0.833333	1	0.927778	Carb-Perm	deBraga & Reisz (1995, fig. 6)
Lepidosauromorpha(1)	12	628	192	187	475	69.426752	4	10	1	84.25	0.98264	Perm-Paleog	Benton (1985, fig. 10)
Lepidosauromorpha(2)	27	392	624	252	1521	-59.183673	4	14	0.56	4	0.70686	Perm-Neog	Evans (1988, fig. 6.2)
Lepidosauromorpha(3)	7	452	96	86	126	78.761062	4.25	3	0.6	11.25	0.75	Perm-Jur	Gauthier et al. (1988c, fig. 13)
Lepidosauromorpha(4)	13	497	299	97	399	39.839034	3.75	4	0.363636	41	0.33113	Perm-Jur	Gauthier et al. (1988c, appendix fig. 1)
Lepidosauromorpha(5)	14	513	269	100	461	47.563353	0.5	7	0.583333	4.25	0.53186	Perm-Jur	Clark & Hernandez (1994, appendix fig.)
Younginiformes(1)	6	29	NAN(000)	5	5	82.758621	100	4	1	70.5	NAN(000)	Perm-Tri	Smith & Evans (1996, fig. 9)
Lepidosauria(1)	21	1481	784	237	3496	47.062795	4	7	0.368421	84.25	0.83216	Tri-Neog	Schwenk (1988, fig. 14)
Lepidosauria(2)	23	1305	1157	237	3264	11.340996	1	8	0.380952	19	0.696069	Tri-Rec	Evans & Chure (1998, fig. 4)
Sphenodontia(1)	5	278	203	82	203	26.978417	100	0	0	100	0	Tri-Jur	Gauthier et al. (1988c, fig. 12)
Sphenodontia(2)	10	305	350	85	350	-14.754098	100	2	0.25	94.5	0	Tri-Jur	Sues et al. (1994, fig. 8)
Sphenodontia(3)	14	130	434	237	871	-233.84615	20	2	0.166667	100	0.689274	Tri-Rec	Reynoso (1996, fig. 9)
Sphenodontia(4)	9	329	382	125	587	-16.109422	21	1	0.142857	75	0.443723	Tri-Cret	Reynoso (1997, fig. 7)
Sphenodontia(5)	20	229	700	237	1192	-205.67686	0.5	5	0.277778	97.5	0.515183	Tri-Rec	Reynoso & Clark (1998, fig. 4)
Squamata(1)	18	1157	479	112	859	58.599827	17.25	6	0.375	92	0.5087	Cret-Paleog	Camp (1923; in Estes et al. 1988, fig. 7)
Squamata(2)	18	1055	559	112	961	47.014218	79	7	0.4375	77.5	0.4735	Cret-Paleog	Underwood (1957; in Presch 1988, fig. 3)
Squamata(3)	21	1057	687	112	1295	35.00473	49	9	0.473684	73.75	0.51395	Cret-Paleog	Underwood (1971; in Presch 1988, fig. 4)
Squamata(4)	24	1225	568	112	1463	53.632653	35.25	7	0.466667	71.5	0.66247	Cret-Paleog	Northcutt (1978; in Presch 1988, fig. 2)
Squamata(5)	25	1225	519	112	1575	57.632653	16.5	7	0.466667	81.25	0.7218	Cret-Paleog	Estes et al. (1988, fig. 5A)
Squamata(6)	16	958	470	112	834	50.939457	43.5	6	0.428571	74.75	0.50416	Cret-Paleog	Estes et al. (1988, fig. 5B)
Squamata(7)	16	958	450	112	834	53.02714	40.25	5	0.357143	95.75	0.53186	Cret-Paleog	Estes et al. (1988, fig. 5C)
Squamata(8)	25	1225	665	112	1575	45.714286	17.75	7	0.411765	63.25	0.62201	Cret-Paleog	Estes et al. (1988, fig. 6)
Squamata(9)	16	1032	396	112	760	61.627907	47.75	6	0.428571	79.25	0.56173	Cret-Paleog	Presch (1988, fig. 5)
Squamata(10)	16	1032	376	112	760	63.565891	32	6	0.428571	74.25	0.59259	Cret-Paleog	Rieppel (1988, fig. 7.1)
Squamata(11)	25	1225	680	112	1575	44.489796	31	6	0.352941	91.75	0.61176	Cret-Paleog	Schwenk (1988, fig. 12)
Squamata(12)	6	392	133	101	373	66.071429	18	1	0.25	68	0.882353	Jur-Eoc	Zaher (1998, fig. 1)
Squamata-Anguimorpha(1)	6	407	332	92	360	18.427518	61	1	0.25	66	0.104478	Jur-Cret	Evans (1994, fig. 16)
Squamata-Anguimorpha(2)	10	428	474	157	777	-10.747664	15	4	0.5	9.5	0.48871	Jur-Rec	Carroll & deBraga (1992, fig. 14)
Squamata-Anolinae	8	25	117	23	159	-368	100	1	0.166667	100	0.30882	Neog	Etheridge & de Queiroz (1988, fig. 9)
Squamata-Gekkota	18	2	10	2	34	-400	59.75	12	0.75	59.75	0.75	Cret-Neog	Grismer (1988, fig. 4)
Squamata-Gerrhonotinae	8	34	81	23	146	-138.23529	33	1	0.166667	66.5	0.528455	Mioc-Rec	Good (1988, fig. 1)
Squamata-Glyptosaurinae	12	109	99	48	378	9.174312	1.5	6	0.6	5.5	0.845455	Cret-Olig	Sullivan (1986, fig. 7)
Squamata-Iguaninae	8	29	48	23	155	-65.517241	17.25	3	0.5	25.5	0.81061	Neog	Etheridge & de Queiroz (1988, fig. 13)
Squamata-Mosasauridae	9	129	50	16	69	61.24031	23.5	4	0.571429	13	0.358491	Cret	Soliar (1988, fig. 8)
Squamata-Plioplatecarpus	5	49	13	13	52	73.469388	17.5	3	1	17.5	1	Cret	Holmes (1996, fig. 18)
Squamata-Sceloporinae	9	57	122	23	150	-114.03509	89.75	2	0.285714	84.25	0.22047	Neog	Etheridge & de Queiroz (1988, fig. 16)
Squamata-Teiidae	14	134	282	83	676	-110.44776	0.25	5	0.416667	100	0.66442	Cret-Neog	Denton & O’Neill (1995, fig. 14)
Squamata-Tropidurinae	13	23	46	23	276	-100	17	10	0.909091	17	0.90909	Neog	Etheridge & de Queiroz (1988, fig. 12)
Squamata-Varanidae	6	87	166	83	166	-90.804598	100	2	0.5	100	0	Cret-Neog	Clos (1995, fig. 5)
Squamata-Varanoidea	8	72	125	97	213	-73.611111	1.5	2	0.333333	64	0.75862	Cret-Neog	Caldwell et al. (1995, fig. 4A)
Archosauromorpha(1)	12	829	143	80	658	82.750302	4	5	0.5	7.25	0.891	Carb-Tri	Benton (1985, fig. 4)
Archosauromorpha(2)	15	626	209	45	261	66.613419	49	3	0.230769	33.75	0.24074	Perm-Tri	Evans (1988, fig. 6.1)
Archosauromorpha(3)	8	604	45	20	84	92.549669	10.25	4	0.666667	2.25	0.60938	Perm-Tri	Clark et al. (1993, fig. 1)
Archosauromorpha(4)	5	598	30	20	40	94.983278	32.5	1	0.333333	100	0.5	Perm-Tri	Chatterjee (1986, fig. 9)
Prolacertiformes(1)	17	409	233	32	233	43.031785	100	0	0	100	0	Perm-Tri	Jalil (1997, fig. 21)
Prolacertiformes(2)	8	75	40	20	102	46.666667	3	4	0.666667	13.5	0.756098	Perm-Tri	Chatterjee (1986, fig. 10)
Prolacertiformes(3)	17	138	252	33	351	-82.608696	1.5	3	0.2	19	0.311321	Perm-Tri	Benton & Allen (1997, fig. 16A)
Prolacertiformes(4)	12	95	205	33	238	-115.78947	74	3	0.3	49.5	0.160976	Perm-Tri	Benton & Allen (1997, fig. 16B)
Prolacertiformes(5)	13	393	104	32	193	73.536896	5.5	6	0.545455	3	0.552795	Perm-Tri	Jalil (1997, fig. 22)
Prolacertiformes(6)	16	125	169	33	318	-35.2	19.5	6	0.428571	29	0.522807	Perm-Tri	Benton & Allen (1997, fig. 17)
Rhynchosauria(1)	6	39	10	10	28	74.358974	1.5	4	1	1.5	1	Tri	Dilkes, D. W. (1995, fig. 8)
Archosauria(1)	12	795	64	27	141	91.949686	4.5	4	0.4	24	0.67544	Perm-Tri	Gauthier (1986, fig. 7)
Archosauria(2)	15	621	66	42	227	89.371981	4.5	9	0.692308	24	0.87027	Perm-Tri	Benton & Clark (1988, fig. 8.1)
Archosauria(3)	20	693	84	40	242	87.878788	0.25	8	0.444444	5.25	0.78218	Perm-Tri	Parrish (1993, fig. 1)
Archosauria(4)	11	740	59	40	151	92.027027	0.25	7	0.777778	5.25	0.82883	Perm-Tri	Sereno (1991, fig. 26)
Archosauria(5)	5	650	23	18	26	96.461538	26.25	2	0.666667	25.5	0.375	Tri	Sereno & Arcucci (1993, fig. 6)
Archosauria(6)	5	281	174	164	194	38.078292	58.5	1	0.333333	100	0.666667	Tri-Cret	Paul (1984, fig. 5, version 1)
Archosauria(6)	5	281	174	164	194	38.078292	62.5	2	0.666667	49	0.666667	Tri-Cret	Paul (1984, fig. 5, version 2)
Archosauria(7)	12	293	467	160	1072	-59.385666	0.5	4	0.4	7.5	0.663377	Tri-Cret	Buscalioni et al. (1996, fig. 3)
Archosauria(8)	10	321	10	10	30	96.884735	62.5	8	1	6	1	Tri	Gower & Sennikov (1996, fig. 7)
Archosauria(9)	7	35	41	37	41	-17.142857	100	5	1	58	0	Tri-Jur	Gower & Sennikov (1997, fig. 11)
Archosauria(10)	6	31	41	37	41	-32.258065	100	3	0.75	96	0	Tri-Jur	Gower & Sennikov (1997, fig. 12)
Archosauria(11)	8	89	37	37	57	58.426966	1	5	0.833333	60.5	1	Tri-Jur	Gower & Sennikov (1997, fig. 13)
Archosauria-Erythrosuchidae	7	30	NAN(000)	0	0	100	100	5	1	100	NAN(000)	Tri	Parrish (1992, fig. 1)
Archos.-Rauisuchiformes	10	162	43	18	85	73.45679	2.5	5	0.625	5.75	0.62687	Tri	Parrish (1994, fig. 7)
Crocodylomorpha(1)	22	801	743	198	1892	7.240949	4.75	7	0.35	1.25	0.67828	Tri-Paleog	Benton & Clark (1988, figs 8.6, 8.7B, 8.9B, 8.10A, 8.11B)
Crocodylomorpha(2)	22	801	709	198	1892	11.485643	0.5	8	0.4	2	0.69835	Tri-Paleog	Benton & Clark (1988, figs 8.6, 8.7A, 8.9A, 8.10C)
Crocodylomorpha(3)	11	353	97	37	216	72.521246	1	3	0.333333	49	0.6648	Tri-Jur	Wu & Chatterjee (1993, fig. 21 rev.)
Crocodylomorpha(4)	10	366	364	160	726	0.546448	2.75	4	0.5	14	0.63958	Tri-Cret	Wu et al. (1994, fig. 10A)
Crocodylomorpha(5)	6	281	17	15	43	93.950178	8	2	0.5	100	0.928571	Tri-Jur	Sereno & Wild (1992, fig. 12A)
Crocodylomorpha(6)	7	295	58	15	58	80.338983	100	3	0.6	65.5	0	Tri-Jur	Sereno & Wild (1992, fig. 12B)
Crocodylomorpha(7)	31	1058	966	173	2114	8.695652	0.5	10	0.344828	70	0.591448	Tri-Rec	Wu et al. (1997, fig. 6)
Crocodylomorpha(7)	31	1058	1240	173	2114	-17.202268	0.5	7	0.241379	89.5	0.450283	Tri-Rec	Wu et al. (1997, fig. 7)
Crocodylomorpha(7)	31	1058	996	173	2114	5.860113	0.5	10	0.344828	68.5	0.575992	Tri-Rec	Wu et al. (1997, fig. 8)
Crocodylomorpha(8)	16	459	588	127	1316	-28.104575	7	4	0.285714	62.5	0.612279	Jur-Rec	Wu & Sues (1996, fig. 9)
Mesosuchia(1)	8	140	186	95	406	-32.857143	3	4	0.666667	4	0.707395	Jur-Paleoc	Gomani (1997, fig. 6A)
Mesosuchia(1)	8	140	142	95	406	-1.428571	3	5	0.833333	1.5	0.848875	Jur-Paleoc	Gomani (1997, fig. 6B)
Mesosuchia(2)	10	194	208	95	468	-7.216495	3	4	0.5	11.5	0.697051	Jur-Paleoc	Gomani (1997, fig. 6C)
Mesosuchia(3)	8	239	191	75	299	20.083682	17	2	0.333333	100	0.482143	Cret-Eoc	Gasparini et al. (1991, fig. 7)
Mesosuchia-Atoposauridae	4	28	9	9	18	67.857143	30.5	1	0.5	100	1	Jur-Cret	Buscalioni & Sanz (1990, fig. 10A)
Mesosuchia-Atoposauridae	4	28	18	9	18	35.714286	100	0	0	100	0	Jur-Cret	Buscalioni & Sanz (1990, fig. 10B)
Neosuchia	7	330	212	92	298	35.757576	16	2	0.4	33.5	0.41748	Jur-Cret	Wu & Brinkman (1993, fig. 10)
Eusuchia(1)	16	157	593	132	1276	-277.70701	21	7	0.5	16	0.597028	Cret-Rec	Wu et al. (1996, fig. 4)
Eusuchia(2)	61	444	825	196	9674	-85.810811	21	41	0.694915	16	0.933636	Jur-Rec	Brochu (1997, fig. 8)
Eusuchia(3)	62	492	843	196	9787	-71.341463	21	41	0.683333	16	0.932541	Jur-Rec	Brochu (1997, fig. 9)
Eusuchia-Alligatoridae	8	87	275	157	663	-216.09195	8.5	3	0.5	36	0.766798	Jur-Rec	Williamson (1996, fig. 10)
Ornithodira(1)	10	792	22	17	47	97.222222	5	7	0.875	5.5	0.833333	Tri	Novas (1996, fig. 10)
Dinosauriformes(1)	5	431	5	5	15	98.839907	12	3	1	12	1	Tri	Novas (1992, fig. 6)
Dinosauria	31	1709	825	150	2184	51.726156	0.5	20	0.689655	5.5	0.66814	Tri-Cret	Benton (1990, fig. 1.5)
Theropoda(1)	9	468	323	154	881	30.982906	3.75	3	0.428571	3.25	0.76754	Tri-Cret	Gauthier (1986, fig. 9)
Theropoda(2)	7	505	279	150	683	44.752475	6	2	0.4	16.5	0.75797	Tri-Cret	Benton (1990, fig. 1.5)
Theropoda(3)	15	585	456	154	1565	22.051282	0.25	8	0.615385	0.75	0.78597	Tri-Cret	Holtz (1994, fig. 9A)
Theropoda(4)	15	585	340	154	1565	41.880342	0.25	7	0.538462	1.5	0.86818	Tri-Cret	Holtz (1994, fig. 9B)
Theropoda(5)	7	254	165	74	377	35.03937	24	2	0.4	47.5	0.69967	Jur-Cret	Sues (1997, fig. 11)
Theropoda-Coelurosauria(1)	8	334	252	69	314	24.550898	50	1	0.166667	73.5	0.253061	Jur-Cret	Novas (1997, fig. 32A)
Theropoda-Coelurosauria(1)	8	334	218	69	314	34.730539	41	2	0.333333	65.5	0.391837	Jur-Cret	Novas (1997, fig. 32B)
Theropoda-Carnosauria	7	127	124	87	227	2.362205	2	4	0.8	2	0.73571	Jur-Cret	Molnar et al. (1990, fig. 6.13)
Theropoda-Ceratosauria	7	89	234	82	234	-162.92135	100	0	0	100	0	Tri-Jur	Rowe & Gauthier (1990, fig. 5.1)
Thero.-Ornithomimosauria	8	120	81	81	458	32.5	0.75	5	0.833333	0.75	1	Cret	Barsbold & Osmólska (1990, fig. 8.10)
Aves(1)	23	1069	436	129	2147	59.214219	9.25	9	0.428571	1.5	0.84787	Jur-Neog	Cracraft (1988, fig. 9.1)
Aves(2)	6	200	94	48	186	53	20	2	0.5	21.75	0.66667	Cret	Chiappe & Calvo (1994, fig. 9)
Aves(3)	6	402	147	147	561	63.432836	0.5	4	1	0.5	1	Tri-Cret	Sanz & Buscalioni (1992, fig. 9)
Aves(4)	8	469	167	147	791	64.392324	0.5	5	0.833333	0.5	0.968944	Tri-Cret	Sanz & Buscalioni (1992, fig. 10A)
Aves(4)	8	469	147	147	791	68.656716	0.5	6	1	0.5	1	Tri-Cret	Sanz & Buscalioni (1992, fig. 10B)
Enantiornithes	6	46	51	14	61	-10.869565	58.25	1	0.25	65.75	0.21277	Cret	Varicchio & Chiappe (1995, fig. 2)
Anseriformes-Anatidae	6	10	50	10	50	-400	100	0	0	100	0	Mioc-Rec	Livezey & Martin (1988, fig. 10)
Ciconiiformes-Vulturidae	9	68	54	50	382	20.588235	0.5	4	0.571429	14.5	0.987952	Eoc-Rec	Emslie (1988, fig. 10)
Sauropodomorpha	8	472	132	82	364	72.033898	1	4	0.666667	1.25	0.8227	Tri-Jur	Benton (1990, fig. 1.5)
Prosauropoda	12	138	99	41	219	28.26087	10.75	7	0.7	8	0.67416	Tri-Jur	Galton (1990, fig. 15.9)
Sauropoda	13	220	139	55	611	36.818182	4.25	7	0.636364	9	0.84892	Jur	McIntosh (1990, fig. 16.20)
Ornithischia(1)	18	750	374	136	1402	50.133333	16	10	0.625	0.25	0.81201	Jur-Cret	Sereno (1984, fig. 1)
Ornithischia(2)	11	634	240	113	486	62.14511	1.5	8	0.888889	0.25	0.65952	Jur-Cret	Cooper (1995; in Benton 1990, fig. 1.6b)
Ornithischia(3)	6	489	131	78	250	73.210634	8.75	2	0.5	24.25	0.69186	Jur-Cret	Maryanska & Osmólska (1985; in Benton 1990, fig. 1.6a)
Ornithischia(4)	11	646	240	113	486	62.848297	1.25	7	0.777778	0.5	0.65952	Jur-Cret	Sereno (1986; in Benton 1990, fig. 1.6d)
Ornithischia(5)	13	685	247	120	646	63.941606	1.25	9	0.818182	0.5	0.75855	Jur-Cret	Benton (1990, fig. 1.5)
Ornithischia(6)	6	237	90	86	198	62.025316	1.5	4	1	5.5	0.964286	Jur-Cret	Forster (1990, fig. 24)
Ornithopoda(1)	12	260	416	136	925	-60	14	4	0.4	68.5	0.64512	Jur-Cret	Norman (1984, fig. 7)
Ornithopoda(2)	7	281	100	78	231	64.412811	14	3	0.6	17.5	0.85621	Jur-Cret	Norman (1990, fig. 25.36)
Ornithopoda(3)	6	269	167	136	376	37.918216	3	2	0.5	28	0.870833	Jur-Cret	Coria & Salgado (1996, fig. 13)
Ornithopoda(4)	11	206	332	136	936	-61.165049	6	5	0.555556	16	0.755	Jur-Cret	Winkler et al. (1997, fig. 19A)
Ornithopoda(4)	11	206	332	136	936	-61.165049	3	5	0.555556	6	0.755	Jur-Cret	Winkler et al. (1997, fig. 19B)
Ornithopoda-Hadrosauridae(1)	14	173	102	67	749	41.040462	0.5	10	0.833333	1.5	0.94868	Cret	Weishampel et al. (1993, fig. 7)
Ornithopoda-Hadrosauridae(2)	7	108	25	25	128	76.851852	2	4	0.8	4.5	1	Cret	Head (1998, fig. 16)
Ornithopoda-Hadrosauridae(3)	17	215	106	23	239	50.697674	9.5	8	0.533333	55	0.61574	Cret	Weishampel & Horner (1990, fig. 26.12)
Ornithopoda-Hadrosauridae(4)	10	88	48	16	90	45.454545	61	5	0.625	60	0.56757	Cret	Weishampel & Horner (1990, fig. 26.12)
Ceratopsia(1)	10	142	55	41	299	61.267606	1.5	7	0.875	1	0.945736	Cret	Chinnery & Weishampel (1998, fig. 10)
Ceratopsia(2)	18	225	77	50	751	65.777778	1	13	0.8125	2.75	0.96148	Cret	Dodson & Currie (1990, fig. 29.9)
Ceratopsia-Centrosaurinae	6	72	9	9	36	87.5	7	3	0.75	41	1	Cret	Sampson (1995, fig. 9)
Ceratopsia-Triceratops	6	54	NAN(000)	0	0	100	100	4	1	100	NAN(000)	Cret	Forster (1996, fig. 5)
Pachycephalosauria	10	107	107	58	459	0	1	7	0.875	3	0.8778	Cret	Maryanska (1990, fig. 27.5)
Thyreophora(1)	6	278	111	49	155	60.071942	24	1	0.25	72	0.415094	Jur-Cret	Sereno & Dong (1992, fig. 14)
Ankylosauria(1)	9	175	135	123	832	22.857143	0.5	6	0.857143	1	0.983075	Jur-Cret	Lee (1996, fig. 14A)
Ankylosauria(1)	9	175	135	123	832	22.857143	0.5	6	0.857143	1	0.983075	Jur-Cret	Lee (1996, fig. 14B)
Ankylosauria	14	254	203	67	594	20.07874	1.5	8	0.666667	0.75	0.74193	Cret	Coombs & Maryanska (1990, fig. 22.14)
Sauropterygia(1)	5	394	109	86	220	72.335025	20.5	2	0.666667	27	0.828358	Tri-Jur	Brown & Cruickshank (1994, fig. 7)
Sauropterygia(2)	8	98	17	5	17	82.653061	100	4	0.666667	78.5	0	Tri	Rieppel & Werneburg (1998, fig. 5)
Sauropt.-Pachypleurosauria	9	30	1	1	4	96.666667	1	7	1	4	1	Tri	Rieppel (1998, fig. 7A)
Synapsida(1)	21	630	153	101	1174	75.714286	32	15	0.789474	74.25	0.95154	Carb-Tri	Kemp (1982, fig. 115)
Synapsida(2)	16	610	144	101	897	76.393443	1	12	0.857143	74.25	0.94598	Carb-Tri	Gauthier et al. (1988a, fig. 3)
Synapsida(3)	19	834	311	223	1577	62.709832	1	14	0.823529	74.25	0.93501	Carb-Cret	Rowe (1988, figs. 2, 3)
Synapsida(4)	15	1095	364	223	1935	66.757991	1	8	0.615385	74.25	0.91764	Carb-Cret	Desui (1991, fig. 1)
Synapsida(5)	22	451	374	101	1088	17.073171	1	15	0.714286	74.25	0.7234	Carb-Tri	Hopson (1991, figs. 7, 22, 32)
Synapsida(6)	13	562	107	61	462	80.960854	0.5	8	0.727273	97.5	0.885287	Carb-Perm	Modesto (1995, fig. 19A)
Synapsida(7)	14	485	144	101	699	70.309278	0.5	10	0.833333	97.5	0.928094	Carb-Tri	Rowe (1988, fig. 2)
Pelycosauria(1)	8	467	113	55	187	75.802998	8.5	4	0.666667	8.25	0.56061	Carb-Perm	Rowe (1986; in Hopson 1991, fig. 7)
Pelycosauria(2)	6	201	74	42	124	63.18408	9.25	2	0.5	55	0.60976	Carb-Perm	Rowe (1986; in Kemp 1988, fig. 1.2)
Pelycosauria(3)	11	264	85	56	261	67.80303	0.25	6	0.666667	4.5	0.85854	Carb-Perm	Laurin (1993, fig. 22)
Pelycosauria(4)	8	127	160	56	301	-25.984252	17.5	3	0.5	20.5	0.57551	Carb-Perm	Reisz et al. (1998, fig. 3)
Pelycosauria(5)	19	340	499	68	936	-46.764706	0.5	12	0.705882	97.5	0.503456	Carb-Perm	Reisz et al. (1998, fig. 4)
Pelycosauria(6)	8	158	135	51	212	14.556962	46.5	4	0.666667	9	0.478261	Carb-Perm	Modesto (1994, fig. 3)
Pelycosauria-Edaphosauridae	6	80	74	35	113	7.5	42.5	2	0.5	39	0.5	Carb-Perm	Modesto (1995, fig. 19B)
Therapsida(1)	16	497	53	46	164	89.336016	4	10	0.714286	25	0.94068	Perm-Tri	Hopson & Barghusen (1986, figs. 1, 12)
Therapsida(2)	6	332	7	6	8	97.891566	20.25	3	0.75	20.25	0.5	Perm	Rowe (1986, 1988; in Hopson 1991, fig. 21)
Therapsida(3)	6	332	7	6	8	97.891566	35.75	3	0.75	69	0.5	Perm	Kemp (1988, fig. 1.3)
Therapsida(4)	7	337	8	6	9	97.626113	27.75	3	0.6	25.75	0.33333	Perm	Hopson (1991, fig. 22)
Therapsida(5)	10	228	52	46	183	77.192982	27.75	6	0.75	0.25	0.9562	Perm-Tri	Luo & Crompton (1994, fig. 1A)
Therapsida(6)	10	228	52	46	183	77.192982	27.75	6	0.75	0.25	0.9562	Perm-Tri	Luo & Crompton (1994, fig. 1B)
Dinocephalia(1)	5	37	1	1	3	97.297297	8	2	0.666667	91	1	Perm	Rubidge (1991, fig. 4)
Dinocephalia-Anteosauridae	4	26	6	6	18	76.923077	18.5	2	1	18.5	1	Perm	Rubidge (1994, fig. 9)
Cynodontia(1)	11	106	24	9	39	77.358491	18.25	6	0.666667	20.75	0.5	Perm-Tri	Battail (1982; in Hopson 1991, fig. 30)
Cynodontia(2)	11	388	66	40	134	82.989691	1	6	0.666667	7.5	0.7234	Perm-Tri	Kemp (1988, fig. 1.4)
Cynodontia(3)	10	369	41	40	114	88.888889	1	6	0.75	2.25	0.98649	Perm-Tri	Hopson (1991, fig. 32)
Cynodontia(4)	12	561	387	135	572	31.016043	0.75	3	0.3	4.5	0.42334	Tri-Cret	Lucas & Luo (1993, fig. 14A)
Cynodontia(5)	12	561	487	135	572	13.190731	3	2	0.2	28.25	0.19451	Tri-Cret	Lucas & Luo (1993, fig. 14B)
Cynodontia(6)	10	285	42	35	134	85.263158	0.5	5	0.625	1.5	0.929293	Tri	Martinez et al. (1996, fig. 5)
Cynodontia(7)	8	591	150	150	580	74.619289	0.5	6	1	1.5	1	Tri-Cret	Wible (1991, fig. 3)
Cynodontia(8)	16	873	386	150	875	55.784651	0.5	7	0.5	1.5	0.674483	Tri-Cret	Wible (1991, fig. 4)
Cynodontia(9)	7	479	247	150	445	48.434238	0.5	5	1	0.5	0.671186	Tri-Cret	Rowe (1988, fig. 3)
Cynodontia(10)	9	715	174	146	608	75.664336	0.5	4	0.571429	3.5	0.939394	Tri-Cret	Rowe (1988, fig. 4)

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