Template:Cite PBDB/doc

This is a template to generate links to the Paleobiology Database. It has been updated to allow linking to different record types, having initially been designed to link only to taxon pages.

N.B.: links created using the original format (two parameters, without a search term defined as parameter 1) will still link to a taxon page.

Usage

The template takes three or four parameters:

• the search term (if not defined, the template will link to a taxon page)
• the code number or formation (required, found in the URL depending on which search term is selected - see below)
• the group formation number (if the formation search term is used)
• the link text for display by the template

Search term

The following search terms can be used as parameter 1, corresponding to the terms given in the Full Search drop-down menu on the Paleobiology Database website:

• collection
• taxon
• picture
• reference
• formation
• timescale
• timeinterval

Collection

To link to a collection page, use the following format:

{{Cite PBDB|collection|code#|Text}}

The code number for parameter 2 is found at the end of the URL; for example:

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicCollectionSearch&collection_no=58899

The link text is usually the name of the collection being linked; if left blank the template will display Collection.

For example:

Template	Produces
{{Cite PBDB|collection|58899}}	Collection in the Paleobiology Database
{{Cite PBDB|collection|58899|Schooner Gulch (Miocene of the United States)}}	Schooner Gulch (Miocene of the United States) in the Paleobiology Database

Taxon

i.e. {{Cite PBDB|taxon|taxon#|Text}}

The taxon number for parameter 2 can be found at the end of the URL; for example:

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=28856

The link text is usually the name of the organism being linked to; if left blank the template will use the page name.

For example:

Template	Produces
{{Cite PBDB|taxon|28856}}	Cite PBDB/doc in the Paleobiology Database
{{Cite PBDB|taxon|28856|Rhychonella}}	Rhynchonella in the Paleobiology Database

Picture

To link to a picture page, use the following format:

{{Cite PBDB|picture|code#|Text}}

The code number for parameter 2 is found at the end of the URL; for example:

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=displayImage&image_no=1020

The link text is usually the name of the picture being linked to; if left blank the template will display Picture.

For example:

Template	Produces
{{Cite PBDB|picture|1020}}	Picture in the Paleobiology Database
{{Cite PBDB|picture|1020|Triassopsychops superba}}	Triassopsychops superba in the Paleobiology Database

Reference

To link to a reference page, use the following format:

{{Cite PBDB|reference|code#|Text}}

The code number for parameter 2 is found at the end of the URL; for example:

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=displayReference&reference_no=16702

The link text is usually the title of the reference being linked to; if left blank the template will display Reference.

For example:

Template	Produces
{{Cite PBDB|reference|16702}}	Reference in the Paleobiology Database
{{Cite PBDB|reference|16702|J.M. Clark 1991}}	J.M. Clark 1991 in the Paleobiology Database

Formation

To link to a stratigraphic unit (formation) page, use the following format:

{{Cite PBDB|formation|formation||group formation member|Text}}

The code number for parameters 2 and 3 are found in the URL; for example:

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=%28%3F%29%20%22Couches%20%E0%20Poissons%20et%20Ammonites%22&group_formation_member=%28%3F%29%20%22Couches%20%E0%20Poissons%20et%20Ammonites%22

The link text is usually the name of the formation being linked to; if left blank the template will display Formation.

For example:

Template	Produces
{{Cite PBDB|formation|%28%3F%29%20%22Couches%20%E0%20Poissons%20et%20Ammonites%22|%28%3F%29%20%22Couches%20%E0%20Poissons%20et%20Ammonites%22}}	Formation in the Paleobiology Database
{{Cite PBDB|formation|%28%3F%29%20%22Couches%20%E0%20Poissons%20et%20Ammonites%22|%28%3F%29%20%22Couches%20%E0%20Poissons%20et%20Ammonites%22|"Couches à Poissons et Ammonites" Formation}}	"Couches à Poissons et Ammonites" Formation in the Paleobiology Database

Time scale

To link to a time scale page, use the following format:

{{Cite PBDB|timescale|code#|Text}}

The code number for parameter 2 is found at the end of the URL; for example:

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=processViewScale&scale_no=136

The link text is usually the title of the time scale being linked to; if left blank the template will display Time scale.

For example:

Template	Produces
{{Cite PBDB|timescale|136}}	Time scale in the Paleobiology Database
{{Cite PBDB|timescale|136|Becker et al. Emsian Substages}}	Becker et al. Emsian Substages in the Paleobiology Database

Time interval

To link to a time scale page, use the following format:

{{Cite PBDB|timeinterval|code#|Text}}

The code number for parameter 2 is found at the end of the URL; for example:

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=displayInterval&interval_no=32

The link text is usually the title of the time interval being linked to; if left blank the template will display Time interval.

For example:

Template	Produces
{{Cite PBDB|timeinterval|32}}	Time interval in the Paleobiology Database
{{Cite PBDB|timeinterval|32|Holocene epoch}}	Holocene epoch in the Paleobiology Database