Specimens and measurements
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- 1. [Single specimen (single specimen)](https://blog.csdn.net/whitedrogen/article/details/130685099)
- 2. [Add specimen records or update existing records (add specimen records or update existing records)](https://blog.csdn.net/whitedrogen/article/details/130687577)
- 3. [Update existing specimen records (update existing specimen records)](https://blog.csdn.net/whitedrogen/article/details/130690684)
- 4. [List of specimens (specimen list)](https://blog.csdn.net/whitedrogen/article/details/130690826)
- 5. [Add measurement records or update existing records (add measurement records or update existing records)](https://blog.csdn.net/whitedrogen/article/details/130691311)
- 6. [Bibiographic references for specimens (specimen references)](https://blog.csdn.net/whitedrogen/article/details/130691667)
- 7. [Specimens grouped by bibliographic reference (specimens classified according to bibliography)](https://blog.csdn.net/whitedrogen/article/details/130723621)
- 8. [Measurements of specimens (specimen measurement)](https://blog.csdn.net/whitedrogen/article/details/130724074)
- 9. [Specimen descriptive elements (specimen descriptive elements)](https://blog.csdn.net/whitedrogen/article/details/130726612)
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The URL paths described in this section provide access to information related to fossil specimens in paleontological databases. These specimens can be selected by a variety of criteria including: name, location, age, importer, and taxonomic identification.
Follow this link to learn more about the use of taxonomy names in this data service.
Summary
The following URL paths are available
1. Single specimen
This operation returns information about a single fossil specimen, identified by name or identifier. For example:
{
"elapsed_time":0.00215,
"records": [
{
"oid":"spm:1027","flg":"N","smp":"m1","smn":1,"smc":"Lucas and Schoch 1982","idn":"Duchesneodus californicus","idr":3,"iid":"txn:45945","tdf":"nomen dubium","tna":"Brontotheriita","rnk":25,"tid":"txn:260841","rid":"ref:2306","phl":"Chordata","cll":"Mammalia","odl":"Perissodactyla","fml":"Brontotheriidae","jev":"terrestrial","jmo":"actively mobile","jlh":"ground dwelling","jdt":"browser","jre":"viviparous"}
]
}
2. Add specimen records or update existing records (add specimen records or update existing records)
This operation allows you to add new sample and measurement records to the database, and/or update the properties of existing records.
3. Update existing specimen records
This action allows you to update existing sample and measurement records
4. List of specimens
This operation returns information about a number of samples, selected based on the parameters you provide. Depending on the output block you choose, the response will contain some fields describing the specimens and some describing the events and collections (if any) associated with them. For example:
"specimen_no","record_type","flags","occurrence_no","reid_no","collection_no","specimen_id","is_type","specelt_no","specimen_side","specimen_part","specimen_sex","n_measured","measurement_source","magnification","comments","identified_name","identified_rank","identified_no","difference","accepted_name","accepted_rank","accepted_no","max_ma","min_ma","reference_no"
"18740","spm","","408082","0","28366","USNM 4934","holotype","","right","scapula","","1","table","","","Stegosaurus stenops","species","56491","","Stegosaurus stenops","species","56491","155.7","145","12769"
"18741","spm","","408082","0","28366","USNM 4934","holotype","","both","humerus","","1","table","","mean of left and right","Stegosaurus stenops","species","56491","","Stegosaurus stenops","species","56491","155.7","145","12769"
"18742","spm","","408082","0","28366","USNM 4934","holotype","","right","ulna","","1","table","","","Stegosaurus stenops","species","56491","","Stegosaurus stenops","species","56491","155.7","145","12769"
5. Add measurement records or update existing records (add measurement records or update existing records)
This action allows you to add new sample measurement records to the database and/or update the properties of existing records.
6. Bibiographic references for specimens
This operation returns information about references related to fossil specimens. You can pass the same filter argument to specs/byref and specs/refs , which will give you a list of instances and an associated list of refs.
7. Specimens grouped by bibliographic reference (specimens grouped by bibliographic reference)
This operation returns information about multiple specimens selected based on some combination of event attributes and bibliographic attributes into which they are entered. You can combine this action with specs/refs to display, for each selected ref, all samples imported from it, or all samples that meet a certain criterion.
8. Measurements of specimens
This operation returns measurement information associated with the selected specimen.
9. Specimen descriptive elements (specimen descriptive elements)
This operation returns a list of elements that can be used to describe the specimen, such as 'bone', 'tooth', 'valve'.