paleobioDB (version 1.0.0)

pbdb_measurements: Get information about specimen measurements

Description

Returns information about the measurements associated with the selected fossil specimens.

Usage

pbdb_measurements(...)

Value

A data frame with information about the measurements that match the query.

Arguments

...

Arguments passed to the API. See all available arguments at https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/specs/measurements.

The following parameters can be used to retrieve measurements from a known list of specimens, occurrences, or collections. Only the records matching all specified parameters will be returned:

• spec_id: A list of specimen identifiers.

• occ_id: A list of occurrence identifiers.

• coll_id: A list of collection identifiers.

It is possible to return additional information along with the basic record with the following parameter:

• show: Possible values include:

  • "spec": Includes all of the core fields describing the specimen from which this measurement was taken.

  • "methods": Information about the collection methods used.

See the pbdb_occurrences() documentation for an explanation about more filtering parameters.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
  pbdb_measurements(
    spec_id = c(1505, 30050),
    show = c("spec", "class", "methods"),
    vocab = "pbdb"
  )
}