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paleobioDB

Download and Process Data from the Paleobiology Database

v1.0.1 · Aug 27, 2025 · GPL-2

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Includes functions to wrap most endpoints of the 'PaleobioDB' API and to visualize and process the obtained fossil data. The API documentation for the Paleobiology Database can be found at <https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/>.

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Version History

new 1.0.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.0.1 ← 1.0.0 diff Aug 26, 2025
updated 1.0.0 ← 0.7.0 diff Feb 28, 2024
updated 0.7.0 ← 0.6.0 diff Jul 24, 2020
updated 0.6.0 ← 0.5.0 diff Feb 25, 2019
updated 0.5.0 ← 0.3 diff Sep 1, 2016
updated 0.3 ← 0.2 diff Nov 23, 2014
updated 0.2 ← 0.1 diff Sep 9, 2014
new 0.1 Apr 30, 2014