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paleobiology mcp server MCP

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io.github.cyanheads/paleobiology-mcp-server

Search fossil occurrences, taxon ranges, diversity through deep time, and the geologic time scale.

transport:streamable-http runtime:npm tools:8

Target client

run in your project directory

claude mcp add --transport http paleobiology-mcp-server https://paleobiology.caseyjhand.com/mcp

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

paleobiology_search_occurrences

paleobiology search occurrences

paleobiology_get_taxon

paleobiology get taxon

paleobiology_get_diversity

paleobiology get diversity

paleobiology_list_intervals

paleobiology list intervals

paleobiology_search_collections

paleobiology search collections

paleobiology_get_references

paleobiology get references

paleobiology_dataframe_query

paleobiology dataframe query

paleobiology_dataframe_describe

paleobiology dataframe describe

All 8 tools, one page each

1 resource you attach as context

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.