pbdb_taxa_auto: Get a list of taxonomic names matching a prefix or partial...

View source: R/pbdb_queries.R

pbdb_taxa_autoR Documentation

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

Description

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

## Not run: 
  pbdb_taxa_auto(name = "Cani", limit = 10)

## End(Not run)

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