Body Mass Estimation Equations for Vertebrates

Documentation for package ‘MASSTIMATE’ version 2.0-1

AHR1985	Body Mass Estimates Using Anderson et al. (1985)
bipeds	Body Mass Estimates Using cQE, AHR1985, CF2004, and CM1992
CF2004	Body Mass Estimates Using Christiansen and Farina (2004)
CM1992	Body Mass Estimates Using Campbell and Marcus (1992)
cQE	Body Mass Estimates Using Bipedal Correction Factor
dinos	Dinosaur data from Campione and Evans 2012
dinosbip	Dinosaur data from Campione et al. (2014)
dino_comparisons	Reconstruction body masses and associated limb circumference data from Campione & Evans (2020)
DME	Developmental Mass Extrapolation
extants	Extant limb data from Campione and Evans 2012
MASSTIMATE	Body mass estimation equations for vertebrates
MASSunite	Body mass comparisons, projecting reconstructions onto an extant standard
MCF2004	Body Mass Estimates Using Mazzetta et al. (2004)
mod_OLS	Extant standard using a linear, ordinary least squares model
mod_QUAD	Extant standard using a non-linear, quadratic model
MR	Body Mass Estimates Using Campione and Evans (2012)
OH2012	Body Mass Estimates Using O'Gorman & Hone (2012)
ppe	Percent Prediction Error
QE	Body Mass Estimates Using Combined Humeral and Femoral Circumferences
quadrupeds	Body Mass Estimates Using QE, MR, AHR1985, and MCF2004
see	Standard Error of the Estimate