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TABLE 1 in Body size histories of Shungura Formation reptiles in biotic and abiotic environmental context

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  • 1. University of Cambridge Department of Zoology and University Museum of Zoology, Downing Pl, CB 2 3 EJ Cambridge (United Kingdom) and University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science, P. O. Box 68, FI- 00014 Helsinki (Finland) abigail. parker @ helsinki. fi (corresponding author)
  • 2. Centre Français des Études Éthiopiennes, CNRS, Ministère de l'Europe et des affaires étrangères, PO BOX 5554 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Laboratoire Paléontologie Évolution Paléoécosystèmes Paléoprimatologie (PALEVOPRIM), CNRS, Université de Poitiers, 6 rue Michel Brunet, F- 86073 Poitiers (France) jean. renaud. boisserie @ univ-poitiers. fr
  • 3. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin (Germany) johannes. mueller @ mfn. berlin
  • 4. School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, University of Iowa, 123 North Capitol St., Iowa City, Iowa, 52242 IA 52242 (United States) chris-brochu @ uiowa. edu
  • 5. University of Cambridge Department of Zoology and University Museum of Zoology, Downing Pl, CB 2 3 EJ Cambridge (United Kingdom) jjh 71 @ cam. ac. uk

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TABLE 1. — Regression equations used to estimate body mass (in kg, unless noted otherwise) from body lengths for turtles and crocodylians.

TaxonMeasurement, x (cm)Regression to body massRegression source
TestudinidaeCarapace lengthBM = 2.751*log10(x) -3.424Regression derived from data in Regis & Meik (2017)
TrionychidaeCarapace lengthlog10(BM) = 1.344*log10(x) -1.049Regression derived from data in Regis & Meik (2017)
PelomedusidaeCarapace lengthlog10(BM) = -3.814 + 2.861*log10(x)Regression derived from data in Regis & Meik (2017)
CrocodyliaTotal lengthlog10(BM) = -4.67 + 2.79*log10(x)Slavenko et al. (2016)
PythonTotal lengthlog10(BM) = -5.131 + 2.611*log10(x) [mass unit: g]Feldman & Meiri (2013)

Notes

Published as part of Parker, Abigail K., Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Müller, Johannes, Brochu, Christopher A. & Head, Jason J., 2026, Body size histories of Shungura Formation reptiles in biotic and abiotic environmental context, pp. 21 in Comptes Rendus Palevol 25 (2) on page 21, DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a2, http://zenodo.org/record/18760444

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References

  • REGIS K. W. & MEIK J. M. 2017. - Allometry of sexual size dimorphism in turtles: a comparison of mass and length data. PeerJ 5: e 2914. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2914
  • SLAVENKO A., TALLOWIN O. J. S., ITESCU Y., RAIA P. & MEIRI S. 2016. - Late Quaternary reptile extinctions: size matters, insularity dominates. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25 (11): 1308-1320. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12491
  • FELDMAN A. & MEIRI S. 2013. - Length - mass allometry in snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (1): 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02001.x