MCF2004: Body Mass Estimates Using Mazzetta et al 2004
Description
This function is meant for quadruped mass estimate (in particularly sauropod dinosaurs) and presently only estimates body mass based on the femoral circumference equation of Mazzetta et al (2004) derived from volumetric reconstructions of sauropod dinosaurs
Usage
MCF2004(FC, data=NULL)
Arguments
FC
a value or vector representing femoral circumference (in mm)
data
an optional object of class = "data.frame" or "matrix"
Value
estimate.MCF2004A numeric value or vector representing the mass estimate(s) in grams
Details
If a data object is specified, the mass estiamtes will be added as a column to the data.frame or matrix within that object
References
Mazzetta, G. V., Christiansen, P. and Farina, R. A. (2004) Giants and bizzares: body size of some southern South American Cretaceous dinosaurs. Historical Biology, 16, 71-83.