Cave Hyena Osteometrical Datasets

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