pbdb_temp_range {paleobioDB}

Temporal range of taxa

Description

Returns a data frame with the temporal range of the taxa within a selected rank (species, genera, families, etc.), and optionally generates a plot from it.

Usage

pbdb_temp_range(
  data,
  rank = c("species", "genus", "family", "order", "class", "phylum"),
  col = "#0000FF",
  names = TRUE,
  do_plot = TRUE
)

Arguments

data

Data frame from a query to PaleobioDB as returned by pbdb_occurrences(). Important: it is required to have information about the taxonomic classification of the occurrences in the data frame, to do that set the show parameter to "class" or "classext" (see Examples).

rank

The taxon rank to be analyzed. The default value is "species".

col

Colour of the bars in the plot.

names

Logical indicating whether to include the name of the taxa in the plot (TRUE by default).

do_plot

Logical value indicating whether to produce a plot (TRUE by default).

Value

A data frame with the time span of the taxa selected (species, genera, etc.).

Examples

## Not run: 
  canis_quaternary <- pbdb_occurrences(
    limit = "all", base_name = "Canis", interval = "Quaternary",
    show = c("coords", "classext"), vocab = "pbdb"
  )
  pbdb_temp_range(canis_quaternary, rank = "species", names = FALSE)

## End(Not run)