| Range |
m=0.061M^1.09 kilogrammes
|
| Organism |
Mammals |
| Reference |
Brian Cotterell, Fracture and Life, Imperial College Press, 2010 p.77 top paragraph |
| Primary Source |
Prange et al., 1979 |
| Comments |
"The bone mass of extant mammals fits to the power law m=0.061M^1.09 where m is the bone mass and M the body mass in kilogrammes (primary source). However, the bone mass of the elephant is significantly higher than predicted by [this] equation. The biggest dinosaurs were very much bigger than the elephant." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108641 |