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Temporal resolution of fossil data

Source: R/pbdb_temporal_functions.R
pbdb_temporal_resolution.Rd

Shows the temporal resolution of the fossil data.

Usage

pbdb_temporal_resolution(data, do_plot = TRUE)

Arguments

data

Data frame from a query to PaleobioDB as returned by pbdb_occurrences().

do_plot

Logical. If TRUE, the function creates a frequency plot of the data.

Value

A list with a summary of the temporal resolution of the data (min, max, 1st and 3rd quartiles, median and mean), and the temporal resolution of each fossil record (Ma).

Examples

if (FALSE) {
  data <- pbdb_occurrences(taxon_name = "Canidae", interval = "Quaternary")
  pbdb_temporal_resolution(data)
}