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Get information about multiple time scales

Source: R/pbdb_queries.R
pbdb_scales.Rd

Returns information about multiple time scales.

Usage

pbdb_scales(...)

Arguments

...

Arguments passed to the API. See documentation for accepted parameters at https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/timescales/list. E.g.:

  • all_records: Set to TRUE to list all intervals.

  • id: Return only time scales with the specified identifier(s). It is possible to provide multiple identifiers as a comma-separated list.

  • name: Return only time scales with the specified name(s). It is possible to provide multiple names as a comma-separated list.

  • vocab: Set to "pbdb" to show the complete name of the variables (by default variables have short 3-letter names).

Value

A data frame with information from the selected scales.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  ## Get a data frame with all the scales available in PBDB
  ## by setting no ids
  pbdb_scales(all_records = TRUE)
} # }