dino_comparisons

Metadata combining volumetric-density reconstruction mass estimates with their associated limb circumference measurements.

Estimation equations are from a variety of sources and associated error estimation.

Nicolas Campione

MASSTIMATE

Body Mass Estimation Equations for Vertebrates

dino_comparisons function

A data frame with 447 observations on the following 8 variables.<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt><code>Clade</code></dt><dd>a character vector specifying the clade to which the <code>Taxon</code> belongs.</dd>
 <dt><code>Taxon</code></dt><dd>a character vector specifying the genus or species name.</dd>
 <dt><code>Recon.Method</code></dt><dd>a character vector specifying the reconstruction method used to generate <code>Recon.BM</code>.</dd>
 <dt><code>Recon.BM</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector of the reconstruction body mass, in g.</dd>
 <dt><code>Gait</code></dt><dd>a character vector specifying whether the <code>Taxon</code> is bipedal or quadrupedal.</dd>
 <dt><code>HCFC</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector of the combined humeral and femoral circumferences, in mm (if <code>Gait = "quad"</code>).</dd>
 <dt><code>HC</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector of the humeral circumferences, in mm (if <code>Gait = "quad"</code>).</dd>
 <dt><code>FC</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector of the femoral circumferences, in mm.</dd>
 </dl>

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Reconstruction body masses and associated limb circumference data from Campione &amp; Evans (2020) — dino_comparisons

A data frame with 447 observations on the following 8 variables.<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt><code>Clade</code></dt><dd>a character vector specifying the clade to which the <code>Taxon</code> belongs.</dd>
 <dt><code>Taxon</code></dt><dd>a character vector specifying the genus or species name.</dd>
 <dt><code>Recon.Method</code></dt><dd>a character vector specifying the reconstruction method used to generate <code>Recon.BM</code>.</dd>
 <dt><code>Recon.BM</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector of the reconstruction body mass, in g.</dd>
 <dt><code>Gait</code></dt><dd>a character vector specifying whether the <code>Taxon</code> is bipedal or quadrupedal.</dd>
 <dt><code>HCFC</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector of the combined humeral and femoral circumferences, in mm (if <code>Gait = "quad"</code>).</dd>
 <dt><code>HC</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector of the humeral circumferences, in mm (if <code>Gait = "quad"</code>).</dd>
 <dt><code>FC</code></dt><dd>a numeric vector of the femoral circumferences, in mm.</dd>
 </dl>

dino_comparisons: Reconstruction body masses and associated limb circumference data from Campione & Evans (2020)

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