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Table 3 Linear and exponential regression equations (y) coefficients (R 2 ) for Figures 2 and 3

From: The fossil record and taphonomy of butterflies and moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera): implications for evolutionary diversity and divergence-time estimates

 

Linear

Exponential

 

y

R 2

Y

R 2

Lepidoptera (Labandeira, 1994)

2.3187x - 67.702

0.7343

0.0788e0.1249x

0.9292

Lepidoptera (Sohn et al., 2012)

2.0147x - 54.575

0.729

0.1886e0.1083x

0.9027

Lepidoptera + Trichoptera

1.695x - 23.963

0.7138

0.7045e0.0903x

0.9696

Trichoptera

0.4922x - 4.8454

0.8302

0.9301e0.0627x

0.9614

Coleoptera

2.4267x - 17.481

0.9417

6.2521e0.0589x

0.924

Diptera

2.1594x - 23.443

0.9109

1.9969e0.0794x

0.7833

Hymenoptera

2.0268x - 25.753

0.9588

1.6138e0.081x

0.7031