A dataset of Phanerozoic reef occurrences from the
PaleoReefs Database (PARED).
This example dataset includes a subset of the available data from PARED,
but can be used to demonstrate how the functions in the palaeoverse
package might be applied.
Format
A data frame with 4363 rows and 14 variables:
- r_number
Reference number given to the particular fossil reef in PARED
- name
Reference name given to the particular fossil reef in PARED
- formation
The geological formation to which the fossil reef belongs
- system
The stratigraphic system to which the fossil reef belongs
- series
The stratigraphic series to which the fossil reef belongs
- interval
The stratigraphic interval to which the fossil reef belongs
- biota_main
The main biota present within the fossil reef
- biota_sec
The secondary biota present within the fossil reef
- lng
The modern-day longitude of the fossil reef
- lat
The modern-day latitude of the fossil reef
- country
The country or ocean the fossil reef is located in
- authors
The authors of the publication documenting the fossil reef
- title
The title of the publication documenting the fossil reef
- year
The year of the publication documenting the fossil reef
Source
Compiled by Lewis A. Jones. Downloaded on the 25th July 2022. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6037852
References
Kiessling, W. & Krause, M. C. (2022). PaleoReefs Database (PARED)
(1.0) Data set. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6037852