Template:Cite PBDB

Cite PBDB in the Paleobiology Database

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

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

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 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

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite PBDB/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.