Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: A, Df migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 1.0 ecozone: TPam food: biH class:
MRE = 0.019 habitat: 0iTh, 0iTf gender: Dg order:
SMSE = 0.001 embryo: Ts reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
tp 3650 3666 (0.004385) d time since birth at puberty guess
am 3.65e+04 3.629e+04 (0.005837) d life span guess
Wwb 3400 3385 (0.004527) g wet weight at birth RogeWhit2016
Wwi 1.668e+07 1.749e+07 (0.04806) g ultimate wet weight RogeWhit2016
Ri 0.05479 0.05453 (0.004831) #/d maximum reprod rate guess

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tW time since birth wet weight (0.04654) RogeWhit2016

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Rapetosaurus krausei Unit Description
v 0.02 0.01667 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.9802 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 29.02 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8013 - growth efficiency
k 0.3 0.5399 - maintenance ratio

Discussion

  • Several data are very speculative, such as T, Ri
  • Neonate growth is possibly retarted by lower body temperature
  • In view of low somatic maintenance, pseudodata k_J = 0.002 1/d is replaced by pseudodata k = 0.3

Facts

  • Extinct, lived around 70 Ma ago (Ref: Wiki)

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