Date with Paleobiology Database and paleotree.

This will take a topology, look up information about fossils for taxa on the tree, and use paleotree::timePaleoPhy() to compute branch lengths.

Usage

date_with_pbdb(phy, recent = FALSE, assume_recent_if_missing = TRUE)

Arguments

phy

A phylo object.

recent

If TRUE, forces the minimum age to be zero for any taxon

assume_recent_if_missing

If TRUE, any taxon missing from PBDB is assumed to be recent.

Value

A dated tree.

Examples

if (FALSE)  # This is a flag for package development. You are welcome to run the example.

taxa <- c(
  "Archaeopteryx", "Pinus", "Quetzalcoatlus", "Homo sapiens",
  "Tyrannosaurus rex", "Megatheriidae", "Metasequoia", "Aedes", "Panthera"
)
phy <- tree_from_taxonomy(taxa, sources = "The Paleobiology Database")$phy
#> Error in lapply(x, f): object 'taxa' not found
 # end dontrun