pbdb_specimen

Returns information about a single fossil specimen, identified
either by name or by identifier.

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/>.

Adrián Castro Insua

paleobioDB

Download and Process Data from the Paleobiology Database

Sara Varela

Javier González Hernández

Luciano Fabris Sgarbi

pbdb_specimen function

<dl><dt>id</dt>
<dd>The identifier of the specimen. This parameter is
required.</dd>
<dt>...</dt>
<dd>Arguments passed to the API. See all available
arguments at <a href="https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/specs/single">https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/specs/single</a>.<ul>
<li><code>vocab</code>: Set to "pbdb" to show the complete name of the variables
(by default variables have short 3-letter names).</li>
<li><code>show</code>: Select additional blocks of information to be returned
along with the basic record. Some possible values include:<ul>
<li><code>"loc"</code>: Additional information about the geographic locality
of the associated occurrence, if any.</li>
<li><code>"stratext"</code>: Detailed information about the stratigraphic
context of the associated occurrence.</li>
<li><code>"lithext"</code>: Detailed information about the lithological
context of the associated occurrence.</li>
<li><code>"refattr"</code>: The author(s) and year of publication of the
reference from which this data was entered. If no reference
is recorded for this specimen, the information from the
associated occurrence or collection reference is returned
instead.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul></dd></dl>

Arguments

Get information about a single fossil specimen — pbdb_specimen

<dl>

<dt>id</dt>
<dd>The identifier of the specimen. This parameter is
required.</dd>


<dt>...</dt>
<dd>Arguments passed to the API. See all available
arguments at <a href='https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/specs/single'>https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/specs/single</a>.<ul>
<li><code>vocab</code>: Set to "pbdb" to show the complete name of the variables
(by default variables have short 3-letter names).</li>
<li><code>show</code>: Select additional blocks of information to be returned
along with the basic record. Some possible values include:<ul>
<li><code>"loc"</code>: Additional information about the geographic locality
of the associated occurrence, if any.</li>
<li><code>"stratext"</code>: Detailed information about the stratigraphic
context of the associated occurrence.</li>
<li><code>"lithext"</code>: Detailed information about the lithological
context of the associated occurrence.</li>
<li><code>"refattr"</code>: The author(s) and year of publication of the
reference from which this data was entered. If no reference
is recorded for this specimen, the information from the
associated occurrence or collection reference is returned
instead.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul></dd>

</dl>

pbdb_specimen: Get information about a single fossil specimen

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