MIS 2, MIS 3, and MIS 5a data from dental microwear texture analysis of fossil wolf teeth from Britain. The dataset contains raw values from scale-sensitive fractal analysis and ISO-defined areal surface texture parameters. It was produced by the Government Digital Service from high-resolution scans of epoxy tooth replicas.
Use Cases
- Reconstructing past carnivore diets based on dental microwear texture parameters.
- Assessing dietary adaptability of grey wolves to past climate change based on texture analysis.
- Inferring palaeoenvironmental conditions from tooth surface wear patterns.
Strengths
- Data covers three distinct Marine Isotope Stages (MIS 2, MIS 3, MIS 5a).
- Analysis uses high-resolution scanning and standardized ISO-25718-2 parameters.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- Tooth surface casts were scanned with a Sensofar S neox and analyzed with MountainsMap Imaging Topography.
- Time Range
- Marine Isotope Stages 2, 3, and 5a
- Geography
- Britain