Rscript_tube-feet.R: Analysis Code for Crinoid Soft Tissue Preservation Study

An R script authored by Selina Cole to reproduce all analyses from a study on exceptional soft tissue preservation in crinoids. The script uses an associated .csv data file and was last updated on May 14, 2026. The work is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Reproduce statistical analyses based on the described fossil data.
• Validate the study's findings on the ecological significance of tube feet.
• Adapt the analytical pipeline for similar paleontological datasets.

Strengths

• Provides full reproducibility for the associated study's findings.
• Licensed under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Author and last update date are explicitly stated.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely derived from a published paleontological study.

Time Range

Temporal coverage of the underlying fossil data is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 07:45:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spatial coverage of the underlying fossil data is unknown.