Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Taxa Count
Animalia	Annelida	Clitellata	6
Animalia	Annelida	Polychaeta	19
Animalia	Arthropoda	Arachnida	46
Animalia	Arthropoda	Branchiopoda	12
Animalia	Arthropoda	Cephalocarida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Chilopoda	3
Animalia	Arthropoda	Diplopoda	3
Animalia	Arthropoda	Entognatha	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	1,697
Animalia	Arthropoda	Malacostraca	15
Animalia	Arthropoda	Maxillopoda	6
Animalia	Arthropoda	Merostomata	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Ostracoda	536
Animalia	Arthropoda	Pycnogonida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Remipedia	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Trilobita	86
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Chileata	8
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Craniata	17
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Lingulata	38
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Rhynchonellata	1,435
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Strophomenata	1,350
Animalia	Bryozoa	Gymnolaemata	16
Animalia	Bryozoa	Stenolaemata	661
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	16
Animalia	Chordata	Amphibia	65
Animalia	Chordata	Cephalaspidomorphi	1
Animalia	Chordata	Elasmobranchii	3
Animalia	Chordata	Holocephali	4
Animalia	Chordata	Myxini	1
Animalia	Chordata	Reptilia	208
Animalia	Chordata	Sarcopterygii	4
Animalia	Cnidaria	Anthozoa	706
Animalia	Cnidaria	Cubozoa	1
Animalia	Cnidaria	Hydrozoa	3
Animalia	Cnidaria	Scyphozoa	5
Animalia	Cnidaria	Staurozoa	12
Animalia	Echinodermata	Asteroidea	11
Animalia	Echinodermata	Crinoidea	320
Animalia	Echinodermata	Echinoidea	18
Animalia	Echinodermata	Holothuroidea	45
Animalia	Echinodermata	Ophiuroidea	12
Animalia	Hemichordata	Enteropneusta	4
Animalia	Hemichordata	Pterobranchia	2
Animalia	Mollusca	Bivalvia	641
Animalia	Mollusca	Cephalopoda	770
Animalia	Mollusca	Gastropoda	619
Animalia	Mollusca	Monoplacophora	1
Animalia	Mollusca	Polyplacophora	44
Animalia	Mollusca	Scaphopoda	15
Animalia	Nematoda	Adenophorea	1
Animalia	Porifera	Calcarea	3
Animalia	Porifera	Demospongiae	38
Animalia	Porifera	Hexactinellida	45
Bacteria	Cyanobacteria	Cyanophyceae	7
Chromista	Foraminifera	Globothalamea	32
Chromista	Foraminifera	Monothalamea	22
Chromista	Foraminifera	Tubothalamea	262
Chromista	Haptophyta	Prymnesiophyceae	2
Chromista	Myzozoa	Dinophyceae	2
Chromista	Radiozoa	Polycystina	66
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Chlorophyceae	4
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Trebouxiophyceae	2
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Ulvophyceae	46
Plantae	Marchantiophyta	Marchantiopsida	1
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Florideophyceae	10
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Rhodophyceae	9
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Cycadopsida	6
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Ginkgoopsida	7
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Gnetopsida	3
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Lycopodiopsida	13
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Magnoliopsida	6
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Pinopsida	18
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Polypodiopsida	35

Geologic Events

Event Name	Type	Age	Area
Mauritanide Belt orogeny (concludes)	Orogeny	~320 - ~270 Ma	West Africa
Uralian orogeny (concludes)	Orogeny	~320 - ~175 Ma	Russia
Pangaea assembly (ongoing)	Continental Assembly	335 - 272 Ma	Global
Variscan/Hercynian orogeny (concludes)	Orogeny	~400 - ~280 Ma	Europe/North America

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