Almost every piece of data stored in the Paleobiology Database has an associated bibliographic reference, indicating the source from which it was originally entered. The URL paths described here provide access to these references.
| Single bibliographic reference |
This operation returns information about a single bibliographic reference, selected by its identifier For example: |
| List of bibliographic references |
This operation returns information about lists of bibliographic references, selected according to the parameters you provide For example: |
| Check for a matching bibliographic reference locally |
This operation takes a partial set of bibliographic reference attributes and returns any matching entries from the local database. A DOI alone is often enough, but good results can be gotten from one or two authors, a publication year, and some words from the title. |
| Fetch reference data from known external sources |
This operation takes a partial set of bibliographic reference attributes and returns matching entries from external sources such as Crossref and XDD. A DOI alone is often enough, but good results can be gotten from one or two authors, a publication year, and some words from the title. |
| References for fossil occurrences |
This operation returns information about the references from which the selected occurrence data were entered. For example: |
| References for fossil specimens |
This operation returns information about the references from which the selected occurrence data were entered. For example: |
| References for fossil collections |
This operation returns information about the references from which the selected collections were entered. For example: |
| References for taxonomic names |
This operation returns information about the references from which the selected taxonomic names were entered. For example: |
This service is provided by the Paleobiology Database, hosted by the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
If you have questions about this data service, or wish to report a bug, please contact the database administrator at admin@paleobiodb.org