Cave Hyena Osteometrical Datasets

<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>These datasets provide osteometrical measurements for dental and postcranial remains in cave hyenas from european sites.</p> <p><strong>Method</strong></p> <p>All the specimens have been described and measured (in millimeters) by the author. They are stored and curated in various institutions (<em>i.e., Museum, see below</em>).</p> <p><strong>Data description</strong></p> <p><strong><em>File title:</em></strong></p> <p>Each file is named according to the following pattern:</p> <ul> <li><strong>First part:</strong> abreviation of considered species (<em>i.e., Ccs = Crocuta crocuta spelaea</em>);</li> <li><strong>Second part</strong>: anatomical part codification: <ul> <li><em>U: Upper / L: Lower</em></li> <li><em>C: Canine / P: Premolar / M: Molar</em></li> <li><em>1 to 4: tooth rank</em></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong><em>File content:</em></strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>chrono:</strong> Chronology (<em>i.e., Middle or Late Pleistocene</em>);</li> <li><strong>MIS: </strong>Marine Isotopic Stage (<em>if applicable</em>);</li> <li><strong>species:</strong> specific (or sub-specific) identification (<em>i.e., Crocuta crocuta spelaea</em>);</li> <li><strong>country</strong>: Site location (<em>i.e., France</em>);</li> <li><strong>site: </strong>Site name;</li> <li><strong>label: </strong>Specimen label such as archaeological number or museum inventory number;</li> <li><strong>side: </strong>Specimen laterality, it could be left (sin) or right (dext);</li> <li><strong>B: </strong>Breadth (<em>in mm</em>);</li> <li><strong>L: </strong>Breadth (<em>in mm</em>);</li> <li><strong>L_para: </strong>Paraconid (for the lower carnassial m1) or Paracone (for the upper carnassial P4) length (<em>in mm</em>);</li> <li><strong>L_proto: </strong>Protoconid length (<em>in mm</em>), applicable only for the lower carnassial m1;</li> <li><strong>L_trig: </strong>Trigonid length (<em>in mm</em>), applicable only for the lower carnassial m1;</li> <li><strong>B_meta: </strong>Metacone breadth (<em>in mm</em>), applicable only for the upper carnassial P4;</li> <li><strong>L_meta: </strong>Metacone length (<em>in mm</em>), applicable only for the upper carnassial P4;</li> <li><strong>location:</strong> Curation place.</li> </ul>