Package: MASSTIMATE 2.0-1

Nicolas E. Campione

MASSTIMATE: Body Mass Estimation Equations for Vertebrates

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

Authors:Nicolas E. Campione

# Install 'MASSTIMATE' in R:

install.packages('MASSTIMATE', repos = c('https://cran.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Datasets:

dino_comparisons - Reconstruction body masses and associated limb circumference data from Campione & Evans
dinos - Dinosaur data from Campione and Evans 2012
dinosbip - Dinosaur data from Campione et al.
extants - Extant limb data from Campione and Evans 2012

This package does not link to any Github/Gitlab/R-forge repository. No issue tracker or development information is available.

Last updated 4 years agofrom:a7a13616ef. Checks:OK: 1 NOTE: 1. Indexed: yes.

Target	Result	Date
Doc / Vignettes	OK	Sep 12 2024
R-4.5-linux	NOTE	Sep 12 2024

Dependencies:

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