find_fossils

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declared in 0.1.0

Find fossil occurrences for a taxon from the Paleobiology Database (the global fossil record). Returns occurrences with collection locations (lat/lng, country) and geologic ages. base_name matching includes the taxon and all of its subtaxa. Ages are in millions of years (Ma). Keyless.

Parameters schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "taxon"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Max occurrences to return (default 20, max 100)."
    },
    "taxon": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Taxon name, e.g. \"Tyrannosaurus\" or \"Mammalia\". Matches the taxon and all subtaxa."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter country code to filter by, e.g. \"US\"."
    },
    "interval": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Geologic time interval (period/epoch) to filter by, e.g. \"Cretaceous\"."
    }
  }
}

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Parent server

Paleobiodb

https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-paleobiodb

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