Cranial Measurements for Parabos and Alephis Fossil Specimens

Comparative cranial measurements in millimeters for fossil specimens of the genera Parabos and Alephis. The dataset includes measurements for Parabos cordieri, Parabos savelisi, Parabos tigneresi, and Alephis lyrix from their respective type localities. It was authored by Leonardo Sorbelli and last updated on June 3, 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare cranial morphology between species based on the comparative measurements
• Analyze morphological variation within the genus Parabos based on the three included species
• Perform taxonomic classification of fossil bovids based on cranial metric data

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0
• Measurements are explicitly comparative across four distinct species
• Source information is provided for each measurement

Limitations

• Dataset size is only 17.5 KB, indicating a very limited scope
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 17:25:38

Geography

Type localities include Sables de Montpellier, Gephyra, Baho, and Perpignan.