paleobioDB1.0.0 package

Download and Process Data from the Paleobiology Database

paleobioDB

paleobioDB: An R-package for downloading, visualizing and processing d...

pbdb_collection

Get information about a single collection record

pbdb_collections

Get information about multiple collections

pbdb_collections_geo

Get information about geographic clusters of collections

pbdb_interval

Get information about a single interval

pbdb_intervals

Get information about multiple intervals

pbdb_map

Map the fossil records

pbdb_map_occur

Plot a raster showing the number of fossil occurrences

pbdb_map_richness

Plot a raster showing the richness of taxa

pbdb_measurements

Get information about specimen measurements

pbdb_occurrence

Get information about a single occurrence record

pbdb_occurrences

Get information about fossil occurrence records

pbdb_opinion

Get information about a single taxonomic opinion

pbdb_opinions

Get information about multiple taxonomic opinions

pbdb_opinions_taxa

Get taxonomic opinions about taxa

pbdb_orig_ext

Appearance of new taxa and extinctions across time

pbdb_ref_collections

Get references from which collection data were entered

pbdb_ref_occurrences

Get references associated with fossil occurrences

pbdb_ref_specimens

Get references for fossil specimens

pbdb_ref_taxa

Get references for taxonomic names

pbdb_reference

Get information about a single reference

pbdb_references

Get information about multiple references

pbdb_richness

Temporal variation in taxon richness

pbdb_scale

Get information about a single time scale

pbdb_scales

Get information about multiple time scales

pbdb_specimen

Get information about a single fossil specimen

pbdb_specimens

Get information about multiple fossil specimens

pbdb_strata

Get information about geological strata

pbdb_strata_auto

Get a list of strata matching a given prefix or partial name

pbdb_subtaxa

Count number of taxa in an occurrence data frame

pbdb_taxa

Get information about multiple taxonomic names

pbdb_taxa_auto

Get a list of taxonomic names matching a prefix or partial name

pbdb_taxon

Get information about a single taxonomic name

pbdb_temp_range

Temporal range of taxa

pbdb_temporal_resolution

Temporal resolution of fossil data

Includes functions to wrap most endpoints of the 'PaleobioDB' API and functions to visualize and process the fossil data. The API documentation for the Paleobiology Database can be found at <https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/>.

  • Maintainer: Adrián Castro Insua
  • License: GPL-2
  • Last published: 2024-02-29