`get_taxon`

Pack: paleobiodb · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/paleobiodb/mcp

Look up a single taxon in the Paleobiology Database: its taxonomic rank, attribution (author + year), first/last appearance intervals and ages (in millions of years, Ma), and number of subtaxa. Keyless.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes	Taxon name to look up, e.g. “Tyrannosaurus rex”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "Tyrannosaurus rex"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/paleobiodb/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_taxon","arguments":{"name":"Tyrannosaurus rex"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_taxon', {
  "name": "Tyrannosaurus rex"
});

More examples

{
  "name": "Mammalia"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paleobiodb": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/paleobiodb/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_taxon