Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

Table 2 Results of univariate correlation showing mean values

From: Ecophenotypic variations of Encrinus liliiformis (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from the middle Triassic Muschelkalk of Southwest Germany

	Mean values			p values
	Crailsheim	Mistlau	Neckarwestheim	Crailsheim–Mistlau	Mistlau–Neckarwestheim	Neckarwestheim–Crailsheim
Crown length	63.97	62.10	80.65	0.751	0.004	0.000
Brachia length	60.93	59.28	77.21	0.775	0.005	0.000
IBr1 width	11.80	12.19	13.23	0.675	0.160	0.008
IBr1 height	3.88	3.85	4.02	0.925	0.592	0.497
IBr2 width	11.47	12.01	12.96	0.548	0.183	0.005
IBr2 height	4.38	4.59	4.80	0.530	0.499	0.063
IIBr1 width	7.85	7.99	8.88	0.776	0.072	0.006
IIBr1 height	3.41	3.46	3.65	0.847	0.469	0.180
Calyx diameter	19.22	19.27	21.63	0.972	0.094	0.022
R width	11.31	11.84	12.90	0.562	0.144	0.003
R height	5.48	5.58	5.97	0.843	0.387	0.142
Ornamentation onset	27.04	20.36	19.53	0.003	0.635	0.000
Brachial quantity	68.16	65.18	81.50	0.606	0.023	0.003
Inflation intensity	2.23	2.09	2.91	0.404	0.001	0.000
Ornamentation intensity	2.25	3.18	2.69	0.005	0.099	0.000

Difference in values compared to descriptive statistics is related to missing values of attributes that could not be measured in some specimens and were not included into the analysis and p values of the comparison of means using the t test for unrelated data. Significant p values are in bold type

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