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Get a list of strata matching a given prefix or partial name

Source: R/pbdb_queries.R
pbdb_strata_auto.Rd

Returns a list of strata matching the given prefix or partial name. This can be used to implement auto-completion for strata names, and can be limited by geographic location if desired.

Usage

pbdb_strata_auto(...)

Arguments

...

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

  • name: A full or partial name. It must have at least 3 significant characters, and may end in a space followed by either 'g' or 'f' to indicate that you are looking for a group or formation.

  • rank: Return only strata of the specified rank: "formation" or "group". This may be overridden by a suffix on the value of name.

  • lngmin: Numeric. The longitude boundaries will be normalized to fall between -180 and 180. Note that if you specify lngmin then you must also specify lngmax. Returns only records whose geographic location falls within the given bounding box (defined by lngmin, lngmax, latmin, latmax). It generates two adjacent bounding boxes if the range crosses the antimeridian.

  • lngmax: Numeric. The longitude boundaries will be normalized to fall between -180 and 180.

  • latmin: Numeric between -90 and 90. Note that if you specify latmin then you must also specify latmax.

  • latmax: Numeric between -90 and 90.

  • 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 strata that match the name parameter.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
  pbdb_strata_auto(name = "Pin", vocab = "pbdb")
}