Miocene Erinaceidae Fossil Dental Measurements from Spain

Supplementary files from Cailleux et al. provide taxonomic and measurement data for fossil dental specimens of the Erinaceidae family. The data includes specimen identification numbers, locality names with absolute dating, tooth identification codes, and measurements of area, length, and width. A second tab summarizes the presence of Erinaceidae taxa across Miocene localities in the Daroca-Calamocha area of central Spain.

Use Cases

• Analyze dental morphology trends across Miocene localities using tooth identification codes and measurement data like length and width.
• Correlate the presence of Erinaceidae taxa in each locality with absolute dating information to study paleobiogeographic distribution.
• Compare corrected measurement values for Schizogalerix voesendorfensis from Gratkorn, including minimum, maximum, and mean values per dental element.
• Construct phylogenetic hypotheses for the genus Galerix based on comparisons of dental morphology data and chronological distribution.

Strengths

• Data includes absolute dating for fossil localities, providing temporal context.
• Specimen measurements cover multiple dimensions: area, length, and width.
• Includes corrected data for a specific species from a prior publication.

Limitations

• Dataset is small at 328.7 KB, indicating limited scope and sample size.
• Some data is presented only as summary statistics (min, max, mean) rather than raw specimen-level data.
• Contains multiple file formats (XLSX, DOCX), requiring separate tools for full analysis.

Provenance

Source

Figshare, authored by Florentin Cailleux.

Collection Method

Measurements and taxonomic analysis of fossil dental specimens from Miocene localities.

Time Range

Miocene epoch.

Freshness

null

Geography

Daroca-Calamocha area, central Spain; includes data from Gratkorn, Austria.