I've noticed an unusual behavior in the PBDB with regard to mis-spelled taxon names. It seems that opinions that parent a mis-spelling to some higher taxon get returned in downloads (and are available in the search bar), but that opinions that correct a mis-spelling (but where the parent is the correctly spelled name instead of a higher taxon) are not available as obsolete names in downloads/search bar. The mis-spelled names seem to always be printed on taxon pages, however.
Here's an example:
Sepkoski had 3 versions of the trilobite genus _Ascetopeltis (Ascetopeltis, Ascopeltis, and Acetopeltis)._ Here are the opinions:
If you download all names for Ascetopeltis : https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/taxa/list.csv?datainfo&rowcount&base_name=Ascetopeltis&rank=genus&variant=all
you only get the names for Ascetopeltis (even if only search for invalid or obsolete names, and even if search for all opinions).
Is this the expected behavior for downloads? It seems inconsistent to me.
Alternatively, is there some way to consistently download ALL obsolete mis-spelling of names (e.g., Ascopeltis) that point them to their accepted names?
I've noticed an unusual behavior in the PBDB with regard to mis-spelled taxon names. It seems that opinions that parent a mis-spelling to some higher taxon get returned in downloads (and are available in the search bar), but that opinions that correct a mis-spelling (but where the parent is the correctly spelled name instead of a higher taxon) are not available as obsolete names in downloads/search bar. The mis-spelled names seem to always be printed on taxon pages, however.
Here's an example: Sepkoski had 3 versions of the trilobite genus _Ascetopeltis (Ascetopeltis, Ascopeltis, and Acetopeltis)._ Here are the opinions:
If you download all names for Ascetopeltis : https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/taxa/list.csv?datainfo&rowcount&base_name=Ascetopeltis&rank=genus&variant=all
you only get the names for Ascetopeltis (even if only search for invalid or obsolete names, and even if search for all opinions).
Similar, if you download the mis-spelled name/opinion: https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/taxa/list.csv?datainfo&rowcount&base_name=Ascopeltis&rank=genus&variant=all
you return nothing.
In contrast, if a mis-spelled opinion was entered with a higher-taxon parent, such as Rhytidopilus:
Then the mis-spelled name gets returned in the download, and is also available as a redirect in the taxon search bar: https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2/taxa/list.csv?datainfo&rowcount&base_name=Rhytidopilus&rank=genus&variant=all
Is this the expected behavior for downloads? It seems inconsistent to me.
Alternatively, is there some way to consistently download ALL obsolete mis-spelling of names (e.g., Ascopeltis) that point them to their accepted names?