paleobiology-mcp-server MCP Server

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

Tools observed. Pod connected on 2026-09-13 and the server listed 7 tools directly. Verified.

At a glance

Source code: Open repository

GitHub popularity: 2 stars on cyanheads/paleobiology-mcp-server, recorded 2026-09-14.

Status

Pod connected to paleobiology-mcp-server on 2026-09-13. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 1304ms.

It identifies itself as paleobiology-mcp-server version 0.3.5, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

Tools

Pod observed 7 tools when it connected:

paleobiology_search_occurrences
paleobiology_get_taxon
paleobiology_get_diversity
paleobiology_list_intervals
paleobiology_search_collections
paleobiology_dataframe_query
paleobiology_dataframe_describe

Connect

Published as @cyanheads/paleobiology-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paleobiology-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/paleobiology-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

A hosted endpoint at https://paleobiology.caseyjhand.com/mcp, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paleobiology-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://paleobiology.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Published as @cyanheads/paleobiology-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paleobiology-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/paleobiology-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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  "limit": 5
}

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