Introduction to palaeoverse

A community-driven R package
By Lewis A. Jones


North American Paleontological Convention 2024

Development team

Introduction

The long and the short of it 📏…

What is Palaeoverse?



Palaeoverse is a project that aims to bring the palaeobiology community together.

What is the palaeoverse R package?

palaeoverse provides auxiliary functions to support data preparation and exploration.

Improve code readability, reusability and reproducibility.

What makes palaeoverse different?

What makes palaeoverse different?

  • Community-informed development
    • Authors (n = 13)
    • Survey participants (n = 35)
  • Well-documented & peer-reviewed code
    • Formal review process

Functionality

A whistle-stop tour of palaeoverse 🚋…

What’s available?

  • axis_geo
  • bin_lat
  • bin_time
  • data
  • group_apply
  • lat_bins
  • look_up
  • palaeorotate
  • phylo_check
  • tax_check
  • tax_expand_lat
  • tax_expand_time
  • tax_range_space
  • tax_range_time
  • tax_range_strat
  • tax_unique
  • time_bins

Expected input

A lot of data, a lot of sources, and a lot of unique features.