A dataset of tetrapod occurrences ranging from the Carboniferous through to the Early Triassic, from the Palaeobiology Database. Dataset includes a range of variables relevant to common palaeobiological analyses, relating to identification, geography, environmental context, traits and more. Additional information can be found here. The downloaded data is unaltered, with the exception of removing some superfluous variables, and can be used to demonstrate how the functions in the palaeoverse package might be applied.
tetrapodsA data frame with 5270 rows and 32 variables:
Reference number given to the particular occurrence in the Paleobiology Database
Reference number given to the Paleobiology Database collection (locality) that the occurrence belongs to
Taxon name as it appears in the original publication, which may include expressions of uncertainty (e.g. "cf.", "aff.", "?") or novelty (e.g. "n. gen.", "n. sp.")
The taxonomic rank, or resolution, of the identified name
Taxon name once the identified name has passed through the Paleobiology Database's internal taxonomy, which collapses synonyms, amends binomials which have been altered (e.g. species moving to another genus) and updates taxa which are no longer valid (e.g. nomina dubia)
The taxonomic rank, or resolution, of the accepted name
The oldest (or only) time interval within which the occurrence is thought to have been deposited
The youngest time interval within which the occurrence is thought to have been deposited
The age range given to the occurrence
The taxa (of decreasing taxonomic level) which the occurrence is identified as belonging to
The number (and units) of fossils attributed to the occurrence
The modern-day longitude and latitude of the fossil locality
The name of the Paleobiology Database collection which the occurrence belongs to, typically a spatio-temporally restricted locality
The country (code) where the fossils were discovered
The geological units from which the fossils were collected
The biozone which the occurrence is attributed to
The main lithology of the beds in the section where the fossils were collected
The inferred environmental conditions in the place of deposition
The mode of preservation of the fossils found in the collection (not necessarily of that specific occurrence), which will include information on whether they are body or trace fossils
The environment within which the taxon is thought to have lived, collated within the Paleobiology Database
Various types of trait data for the taxon, collated within the Paleobiology Database
Uhen MD et al. (2023). Paleobiology Database User Guide Version 1.0.
PaleoBios, 40 (11). tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.5070/P9401160531").