R: Download and Process Data from the Paleobiology Database

# Download and Process Data from the Paleobiology Database

## Documentation for package ‘paleobioDB’ version 1.0.1

- DESCRIPTION file
- Package README

## Help Pages

pbdb_collection | Get information about a single collection record
pbdb_collections | Get information about multiple collections
pbdb_collections_geo | Get information about geographic clusters of collections
pbdb_interval | Get information about a single interval
pbdb_intervals | Get information about multiple intervals
pbdb_map | Map the fossil records
pbdb_map_occur | Plot a raster showing the number of fossil occurrences
pbdb_map_richness | Plot a raster showing the richness of taxa
pbdb_measurements | Get information about specimen measurements
pbdb_occurrence | Get information about a single occurrence record
pbdb_occurrences | Get information about fossil occurrence records
pbdb_opinion | Get information about a single taxonomic opinion
pbdb_opinions | Get information about multiple taxonomic opinions
pbdb_opinions_taxa | Get taxonomic opinions about taxa
pbdb_orig_ext | Appearance of new taxa and extinctions across time
pbdb_reference | Get information about a single reference
pbdb_references | Get information about multiple references
pbdb_ref_collections | Get references from which collection data were entered
pbdb_ref_occurrences | Get references associated with fossil occurrences
pbdb_ref_specimens | Get references for fossil specimens
pbdb_ref_taxa | Get references for taxonomic names
pbdb_richness | Temporal variation in taxon richness
pbdb_scale | Get information about a single time scale
pbdb_scales | Get information about multiple time scales
pbdb_specimen | Get information about a single fossil specimen
pbdb_specimens | Get information about multiple fossil specimens
pbdb_strata | Get information about geological strata
pbdb_strata_auto | Get a list of strata matching a given prefix or partial name
pbdb_subtaxa | Count number of taxa in an occurrence data frame
pbdb_taxa | Get information about multiple taxonomic names
pbdb_taxa_auto | Get a list of taxonomic names matching a prefix or partial name
pbdb_taxon | Get information about a single taxonomic name
pbdb_temporal_resolution | Temporal resolution of fossil data
pbdb_temp_range | Temporal range of taxa