pbdb_opinions_taxa {paleobioDB}

Get taxonomic opinions about taxa

Description

Returns information about the taxonomic opinions used to build the taxonomic hierarchy. From all of the opinions entered into the database about a particular taxon, the most recent opinion that is stated with the most evidence is used to classify that taxon. The others are considered to be superseded and are ignored.

Usage

pbdb_opinions_taxa(...)

Arguments

...

Arguments passed to the API. See documentation for accepted parameters at https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/taxa/opinions.

Value

A data frame with information about the taxonomic opinions that match the query.

Examples

## Not run: 
  pbdb_opinions_taxa(base_name = "Canis")

## End(Not run)