Paleobiology

^{Table 1.} Results from linear regressions of log-transformed brain and body mass data, and allometric equations from nonlinear regressions for four Australian marsupial taxa. Correction for logarithmic transformation bias (SmE) and percent errors (PE) are shown for transformed data. 95% confidence intervals for the exponent, and coefficients of determination are shown for allometric equations. Where comparable, the range of percent errors for 29 regressions using craniodental data of Myers (2001) is also provided [R PE M (%)]

^{Table 2.} Endocranial volume (ECV) and estimated brain (BrM) and body masses (BoM) for nine specimens of Thylacoleo carnifex. Body masses predicted from the equation for diprotodontians (3) and corrected for transformation bias by using the smearing estimate given in Table 1. Specimens are from widely separated localities in New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (Qld) and South Australia (SA)

^{Table 3.} Minimum mid-shaft circumference data for proximal limb bones of Thylacoleo carnifex. f = minimum mid-shaft circumference of femur. h = minimum mid-shaft circumference of humerus. MBoM = Mean body mass calculated with the following formula: log₁₀ BoM = −1.11 + 2.73 log₁₀ C_f+h (Anderson et al. 1985). Correction for logarithmic transformation bias (SmE) (from Wroe et al. 1999 = 13.2)

^{Table 4.} Body mass predictions (BoM) for a selection of fossil marsupial taxa based on estimated brain masses (BrM). Individual regressions and smearing estimates used to calculate BoM are given in Table 1