Get a list of taxonomic names matching a prefix or partial name

Returns a list of taxonomic names matching the given prefix or partial name.

Usage

pbdb_taxa_auto(...)

Arguments

...

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

• name: A partial name or prefix. It must have at least 3 significant characters, and may include both a genus (possibly abbreviated) and a species.

• limit: Set the limit to the number of matches.

Value

A data frame with information about the matches (taxon rank and number of occurrences in the database).

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  pbdb_taxa_auto(name = "Cani", limit = 10)
} # }