Data from: Reconstructing the mass and thermal ecology of North American Pleistocene tortoises

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linear morphometrics;Stigmochelys;Geochelone;Chelonoidis;Centrochelys sulcata;Manouria;Centrochelys;Hesperotestudo wilsoni;Xerobates berlandieri;Testudo;Thermal ecology;paleoclimate proxy;Pyxis arachnoides;Testudo graeca;Thermoregulation;Pyxis planicauda;Testudines;Xerobatinae;Hesperotestudo;Holocene;Plastron;Chelonoidis nigra;Astrochelys;Aldabrachelys;Gopherus hexagonaria;Carapace;Gopherus;mass estimation;Testudo kleinmanni;Hesperotestudo crassiscutata;Morphometrics;paleoclimate;tortoise;scute;Stigmochelys pardalis;Xerobates;Quaternary;Testudininae;Gopherus polyphemus;Testudinidae;Chelonoidis carbonaria;Manouria emys;Xerobates agassizii;Geochelone platynota;Pyxis;Aldabrachelys gigantea;Astrochelys radiata;Pleistocene;Testudo marginata

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doi:10.5061/dryad.2d58rr0

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ful for tortoises that weigh between 1.8 and 339 kg. This mass estimate coupled with a heat dissipation rate derived from thermoregulation modeling provides esti