In addition to examining bivariate estimates of body mass, we tested the predictive power of a variety of estimations based on multiple regressions by comparing their PPE, SEE, and AIC with those obtained from the bivariate regression of total circumference with body mass.
In other epochs patients may draw chiefly upon such symptoms as abdominal pain, false estimates of body weight and enervating weakness as metaphors for conveying psychic stress".
To reconstruct hypothetical bite forces in M. paranensis, we used two estimates of body size: the smaller 710 mm TL, based on the scaling analysis of tooth growth rates in S. rhombeus in this study (Fig. 2), and the larger 1280 mm TL estimate17.
As with any quantitative imaging technique, different manufacturers' software, calibration methods, calculation algorithms and scanners may result in variation in the calculated estimates of body composition [41, 43, 44, 45, 46].
While the new study used the femur lengths of therapsids and archosauromorphs to estimate body mass, Theodor says that the lack of modern, closely related species to the therapsids and archosauromorphs means that the estimates of body mass will be rough and dependent on how we reconstruct the posture of the ancient animals.
Based on the area of a femur cross-section, MacPhee calculated estimates of body mass.
Quantified estimates of body mass have varied between 200 g and 600 g [39], [40].
Other estimates of body size, such as the mediolateral width of the femoral shaft (FML), which has a linear correlation with body mass [68], also indicate that Leonerasaurus was a small bodied taxon in comparison with basal sauropods.
Using standard statistical techniques, we fit the probabilistic niche model to a widely studied empirical data set known to be reasonably well-described by the niche model, and which has estimates of body sizes for all taxa.
In order to evaluate the reliability of the equations used to approach the body weight of Hypnomys, estimates of body size of an Eliomys quercinus specimen from Mallorca (IMEDEA 7335) with known body weight (74 g) were calculated.
However, the time and effort required to build such models seem unwarranted when there now exists a much simpler method capable of producing accurate estimates of body surface area in only a couple of minutes.
