pbdb_ref_taxa {paleobioDB} | R Documentation |
Get references for taxonomic names
Description
Returns information about the source references associated with
taxa in the Paleobiology Database. You can use the same parameters
that are available with pbdb_taxa
, but reference records are
returned instead of taxon records. One record is returned per
reference, even if it is associated with multiple taxa.
Usage
pbdb_ref_taxa(...)
Arguments
... |
Arguments passed to the API. See all available arguments at
https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/taxa/refs
-
name : Returns information about the most fundamental taxonomic
name matching this string. The % and _ characters may be used as
wildcards.
-
id : Returns information about the taxonomic name corresponding
to this identifier. You may not specify both name and id in
the same query.
-
show : Show extra variables.
-
rel : Set rel = "synonyms" to select all synonyms of the base
taxon or taxa; rel = "children" to select the taxa immediately
contained within the base taxon or taxa; rel = "all_children"
to select all taxa contained within each matching taxon and
within all synonymous taxa; rel = "all_parents" to select all
taxa that contain any of the matching taxa.
-
extant : Logical indicating whether to select only extant or
non-extant taxa.
|
Value
A data frame with references from a list of taxa.
Examples
## Not run:
pbdb_ref_taxa(
name = "Canidae", vocab = "pbdb", show = c("both", "comments")
)
## End(Not run)
[Package
paleobioDB version 1.0.0
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