DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j6q573nkp
title: Linear measurements of felid hyoid bones

description: This dataset includes measurements from ossied hyoid elements of extant
 felids as well as Smilodon fatalis and Panthera
 atrox from the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum (Los Angeles, CA). 
description: These data were measured from bones using callipers.
description: # Linear measurements of felid hyoid bones Dataset DOI:
 [10.5061/dryad.j6q573nkp](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j6q573nkp) ##
 Description of the data and file structure These data are linear caliper
 measurements taken from the hyoid bones of extant members of Felidae as
 well as *Smilodon fatalis* and *Panthera atrox*. ### Files and variables
 #### File: Cat_Hyoid_1.29.26.csv **Description:** These data are linear
 caliper measurements taken from the hyoid bones of extant members of
 Felidae as well as *Smilodon fatalis* and *Panthera atrox*. All
 measurements are in mm. ##### Variables * Specimen ID: from the La Brea
 Tar Pits and Museum unless otherwise noted * Scientific Name: Species
 identification * Sex: M = male; F = female; n/a represents unknown * Side:
 R = right; L = left; n/a = midline or unknown * Age: adult or juvenile *
 Element: Bone of the hyoid * (S1) proximal end width: Stylohyoid proximal
 end width (all measurements are in mm; see Deutsch et al. 2023 for further
 description and visual representation; all stylohyoid measurements
 represent either left or right stylohyoid) * (S1) proximal end thickness:
 Stylohyoid proximal end thickness * (S1) distal end width: Stylohyoid
 distal end width * (S1) distal end thickness: Stylohyoid distal end
 thickness * (S1) Midshaft width: Stylohyoid midshaft width * (S1) Midshaft
 thickness: Stylohyoid midshaft thick * (S1) Maximal length: Stylohyoid
 maximal length * (E1) proximal end width: Epihyoid proximal end width (all
 epihyoid measurements represent either left or right epihyoid) * (E1)
 proximal end thickness: Epihyoid proximal end thickness * (E1) distal end
 width: Epihyoid distal end width * (E1) distal end thickness: Epihyoid
 distal end thickness * (E1) Midshaft width: Epihyoid midshaft width * (E1)
 Midshaft thickness: Epihyoid midshaft thickness * (E1) Maximal
 length: Epihyoid maximal length * (C1) proximal end width: Ceratohyoid
 proximal end width (all ceratohyoid measurements represent either left or
 right ceratohyoid) * (C1) proximal end thickness: Ceratohyoid proximal end
 thickness * (C1) distal end width: Ceratohyoid distal end width * (C1)
 distal end thickness: Ceratohyoid distal end thickness * (C1) Neck
 width: Ceratohyoid neck width * (C1) Neck thickness: Ceratohyoid neck
 thickness * (C1) Maximal length: Ceratohyoid maximal length * (B) left end
 width: Basihyoid left end width * (B) left end thickness: Basihyoid left
 end thickness * (B) right end width: Basihyoid right end width * (B) right
 end thickness: Basihyoid right end thickness * (B) Midshaft
 width: Basihyoid midshaft width * (B) Midshaft thickness: Basihyoid
 midshaft thickness * (B) Maximal length: Basihyoid maximal length * (B)
 Inner chord length: Basihyoid inner chord length * (B) Inner chord
 height: Basihyoid inner chord height * (T1) proximal end width: Thyrohyoid
 proximal end width (all thyrohyoid measurements represent either left or
 right thyrohyoid) * (T1) proximal end thickness: Thyrohyoid proximal end
 thickness * (T1) distal end width: Thyrohyoid distal end width * (T1)
 distal end thickness: Thyrohyoid distal end thickness * (T1) Midshaft
 width: Thyrohyoid midshaft width * (T1) Midshaft thickness: Thyrohyoid
 midshaft thickness * (T1) Maximal length: Thyrohyoid maximal length ##
 Code/software Can be opened and viewed with any software that can read
 .csv files ## Access information Data was derived from the following
 sources: * Deutsch AR, Langerhans RB, Flores D, and Hartstone-Rose A.
 2023. The roar of Rancho La Brea? Comparative anatomy of modern and fossil
 felid hyoid bones. Journal of
 Morphology. **[https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21627](https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21627)**