paleobioDB (version 0.7.0)

pbdb_temporal_resolution: pbdb_temporal_resolution

Description

to show the temporal resolution of the fossil data

Usage

pbdb_temporal_resolution (data, do.plot=TRUE)

Arguments

data

dataframe with our query to the paleoBD pbdb_occurrences

do.plot

TRUE/FALSE. To show a frequency plot of the data (TRUE by default).

Value

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

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data<- pbdb_occurrences (taxon_name= "Canidae", interval= "Quaternary")
pbdb_temporal_resolution (data)
# }