Bovidae Lower Tooth Row Lengths from Miocene to Pleistocene of Eurasia and Africa

Eurasian and African fossil records provide measurements in millimeters of lower tooth row lengths for various Bovidae species. The dataset includes molar, premolar, and total length data from the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs. Leonardo Sorbelli authored this 15.4 KB XLSX file, last updated on 2026-06-03.

Use Cases

• Analyze evolutionary trends in dental size based on molar and premolar measurements.
• Compare tooth morphology across different Bovidae species from the described epochs.
• Model changes in tooth row length over geological time from the Miocene to Pleistocene.
• Correlate dental measurements with geographic distribution across Eurasia and Africa.

Strengths

• Data covers a long temporal range from the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs.
• Measurements are provided in millimeters for molar, premolar, and total tooth row lengths.
• Geographic scope includes both Eurasia and Africa.
• File is small (15.4 KB) and in a widely accessible XLSX format.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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Time Range

Miocene to Pleistocene

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 17:24:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eurasia and Africa