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Get information about a single fossil specimen

Source: R/pbdb_queries.R
pbdb_specimen.Rd

Returns information about a single fossil specimen, identified either by name or by identifier.

Usage

pbdb_specimen(id, ...)

Arguments

id

The identifier of the specimen. This parameter is required.

...

Arguments passed to the API. See all available arguments at https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/specs/single.

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

  • show: Select additional blocks of information to be returned along with the basic record. Some possible values include:

    • "loc": Additional information about the geographic locality of the associated occurrence, if any.

    • "stratext": Detailed information about the stratigraphic context of the associated occurrence.

    • "lithext": Detailed information about the lithological context of the associated occurrence.

    • "refattr": The author(s) and year of publication of the reference from which this data was entered. If no reference is recorded for this specimen, the information from the associated occurrence or collection reference is returned instead.

Value

A data frame with information about a single specimen.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
pbdb_specimen(id = 30050, show = c("class", "loc", "refattr"))
}