README file for: Benson RBJ, Choniere JN. 2013. Rates of dinosaur limb evolution provide evidence for exceptional radiation in Mesozoic birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (1) Body proportions data.txt [An annotated version of this dataset is available from the publisher's website] Tab-delimited text file containing these columns: Taxon: the taxon name Flying: N = non-flying; Y = flying taxon (e.g. Confusciusornis) Volant: N = non-volant; Y = volant taxon (e.g. Microraptor) Juvenile: N= mature; Y = juvenile or subadult Name_in_tree: The taxon name used in our phylogenetic tree (Theropoda_tree.tre.txt) Number_in_tree: The taxon number in our phylogenetic tree (Theropoda_tree.tre.txt) Subclade: The theropod clade or grade to which the taxon belongs Sites: Contains 'NA' or a horizon name. Min_age: The minimum geological age at substage resolution Max_age: The maximum geological age at substage resolution fl: Femur length in mm tl: Tibia length in mm mtl: Metatarsus length in mm hl: Humerus length in mm rl: Radius length in mm mcl: Metacarpus length in mm (2) Intervals.txt Tab-delimited text file containing these columns: Stage: The stage or substage name Start: The numerical start date in Ma End: The numerical end date in Ma Type: Formal = formally-defined stage or substage; Arbitrary_midpoint = informal division Midpoint: The mean of Start and End (3) Neornithes_Limb_Measurements_mod.txt [See other DRYAD package: Middleton KM, Gatesy SM (2000) Data from: Theropod forelimb design and evolution. Dryad Digital Repository. doi:10.5061/dryad.jf6ht] (4) Theropoda_tree.tre.txt Phylogenetic tree in Newick format without branch lengths (5) R codeNEW.txt Text file containing scripts use to conduct analyses in R version 2.15.1 and the packages listed below. R Core Team. 2012 R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, URL http://www.R-project.org/ ade4_1.4-17 auteur_0.12.1010 ape_3.0-5 cluster_1.14.2 geiger_1.3-1 paleotree_1.8 phytools_0.1-8 picante_1.5-2