Specimens

pbdb_specimen(id; kwargs...)

Get information about a single fossil specimen.

Arguments

• id: Identifier of the specimen (required).
• kwargs...: Additional query parameters. Common options include:
  • vocab: Set to "pbdb" to use full field names.
  • show: Extra blocks ("loc", "stratext", "lithext", "refattr").

Returns

A DataFrame describing the specified specimen.

Examples

pbdb_specimen(30050; show = ["class", "loc", "refattr"])

pbdb_specimens(; kwargs...)

Get information about multiple fossil specimens.

Arguments

• kwargs...: Filtering and output parameters. Common options include:
  • base_name: Restrict to specimens of a given taxon (and descendants).
  • interval: Restrict by geologic interval.
  • show: Extra blocks ("spec", "class", "loc", "stratext", "lithext").
  • vocab: Set to "pbdb" to return full field names.

Returns

A DataFrame with specimen records matching the query.

Examples

pbdb_specimens(base_name = "Cetacea", interval = "Miocene")

pbdb_ref_specimens(; kwargs...)

Get bibliographic references associated with fossil specimens.

Arguments

• kwargs...: Filtering options. Common parameters include:
  • spec_id: One or more specimen identifiers.
  • base_name: Taxonomic filter (taxon and descendants).
  • ref_author: Filter by author name.
  • ref_pubyr: Filter by publication year.
  • pub_title: Filter by publication title.

Returns

A DataFrame with references linked to the selected specimens.

Examples

pbdb_ref_specimens(spec_id = [1505, 30050])

pbdb_measurements(; kwargs...)

Get information about specimen measurements.

Arguments

• kwargs...: Filtering and output parameters. Common options include:
  • spec_id: Vector of specimen identifiers.
  • occ_id: Vector of occurrence identifiers.
  • coll_id: Vector of collection identifiers.
  • show: Extra blocks (e.g. "spec", "methods").
  • vocab: Field naming vocabulary.

Returns

A DataFrame of measurement records.

Examples

pbdb_measurements(spec_id = [1505, 30050]; show = ["spec", "class", "methods"])