From: Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals
Taxonomic scope | OCW | Other regression equations | ||||||||
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N | r2 | %PE | %SEE | N | r2 | %PE | %SEE | Variable | Ref. | |
All Therians | 401 | 0.982 | 31.55 | 45.92 | 80* | 0.985 | 28.83 | 41.98 | Astragalus (Li1) | [58] |
80* | 0.980 | 34.01 | 49.68 | Astragalus (Li7) | [58] | |||||
80* | 0.980 | 37.17 | 55.53 | Astragalus (Li4) | [58] | |||||
All Therians (controlling for shape) | 404 | 0.985 | 28.18 | 41.37 | 69* | 0.979 | 32.36 | 47.21 | Calcaneus (CA2) | [93] |
69* | 0.973 | 38.67 | 55.46 | Calcaneus (CA5) | [93] | |||||
69* | 0.973 | 38.92 | 55.42 | Calcaneus (CA10) | [93] | |||||
187 | 0.955 | 50.60 | 84.78 | Humerus length | [87] | |||||
200 | 0.982 | 27.73 | 47.86 | Humerus circum. | [87] | |||||
188 | 0.944 | 66.77 | 98.01 | Femur length | [87] | |||||
200 | 0.983 | 31.16 | 45.93 | Femur circum. | [87] | |||||
Australidelphian Marsupials | 32 | 0.972 | 30.54 | 47.44 | 38 | 0.980 | 27 | 39 | Total jaw length | [158] |
38 | 0.979 | 28 | 40 | CBL | [158] | |||||
38 | 0.967 | 35 | 51 | M1-4 length | [158] | |||||
Carnivora + Large Dasyuromorphia | 86 | 0.973 | 23.59 | 34.74 | 72 | 0.96 | 36 | 53 | HBL | [39] |
72 | 0.95 | 47 | 66 | CBL | [39] | |||||
72 | 0.95 | 42 | 61 | Occiput-orbit length | [39] | |||||
Ungulates (except proboscideans) | 61 | 0.962 | 27.47 | 39.95 | 91 | 0.975 | 31.42 | 45.54 | HBL | [66] |
94 | 0.967 | 34.51 | 53.02 | p4-m3 length | [66] | |||||
94 | 0.963 | 36.34 | 55.82 | m1-3 length | [66] | |||||
Rodents | 96 | 0.971 | 29.35 | 40.80 | 36 | 0.940 | 30.65 | 15.70 | CBL | [31] |
36 | 0.890 | 43.36 | 21.50 | P4-M3 length | [31] | |||||
34 | 0.890 | 44.62 | 21.80 | m1 length | [31] | |||||
Rodents† | 58 | 0.953 | 10.21 | 13.50 | 36 | 0.880 | 39.42 | 21.70 | Humerus diameter | [31] |
203* | 0.964 | 29.55 | 43.33 | CBL | [155] | |||||
93 | 0.948 | 34.55 | 50.14 | CBL | [155] | |||||
75 | 0.920 | 40.10 | 64.45 | p4-m3 length | [159] | |||||
Anthropoid primates | 43 | 0.965 | 18.49 | 28.41 | 46 | 0.98 | 24 | – | Biorbital breadth | [160] |
46 | 0.97 | 25 | – | Foramen magnum area | [160] | |||||
38 | 0.98 | 18 | – | Humeral length | [160] | |||||
38 | 0.99 | 20 | – | Anteroposterior diameter of femoral head | [160] |