Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Taxa Count
Animalia	Annelida	Clitellata	3
Animalia	Annelida	Polychaeta	45
Animalia	Arthropoda	Arachnida	124
Animalia	Arthropoda	Branchiopoda	10
Animalia	Arthropoda	Cephalocarida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Chilopoda	8
Animalia	Arthropoda	Diplopoda	25
Animalia	Arthropoda	Entognatha	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	1,300
Animalia	Arthropoda	Malacostraca	417
Animalia	Arthropoda	Maxillopoda	33
Animalia	Arthropoda	Merostomata	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Ostracoda	133
Animalia	Arthropoda	Pycnogonida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Remipedia	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Symphyla	4
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Craniata	9
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Lingulata	18
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Rhynchonellata	158
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Strophomenata	7
Animalia	Bryozoa	Gymnolaemata	68
Animalia	Bryozoa	Phylactolaemata	1
Animalia	Bryozoa	Stenolaemata	73
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	82
Animalia	Chordata	Amphibia	26
Animalia	Chordata	Ascidiacea	1
Animalia	Chordata	Aves	18
Animalia	Chordata	Cephalaspidomorphi	1
Animalia	Chordata	Elasmobranchii	109
Animalia	Chordata	Holocephali	3
Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	262
Animalia	Chordata	Myxini	1
Animalia	Chordata	Reptilia	1,207
Animalia	Chordata	Sarcopterygii	9
Animalia	Cnidaria	Anthozoa	396
Animalia	Cnidaria	Cubozoa	1
Animalia	Cnidaria	Hydrozoa	7
Animalia	Cnidaria	Scyphozoa	2
Animalia	Echinodermata	Asteroidea	99
Animalia	Echinodermata	Crinoidea	34
Animalia	Echinodermata	Echinoidea	245
Animalia	Echinodermata	Holothuroidea	48
Animalia	Echinodermata	Ophiuroidea	74
Animalia	Hemichordata	Enteropneusta	4
Animalia	Hemichordata	Pterobranchia	2
Animalia	Mollusca	Bivalvia	825
Animalia	Mollusca	Cephalopoda	491
Animalia	Mollusca	Gastropoda	853
Animalia	Mollusca	Monoplacophora	1
Animalia	Mollusca	Polyplacophora	17
Animalia	Mollusca	Scaphopoda	14
Animalia	Nematoda	Adenophorea	3
Animalia	Nematoda	Secernentea	2
Animalia	Platyhelminthes	Trematoda	1
Animalia	Porifera	Calcarea	8
Animalia	Porifera	Demospongiae	15
Animalia	Porifera	Hexactinellida	191
Animalia	Porifera	Homoscleromorpha	1
Animalia	Tardigrada	Eutardigrada	8
Animalia	Tardigrada	Heterotardigrada	1
Bacteria	Cyanobacteria	Cyanophyceae	2
Chromista	Foraminifera	Globothalamea	244
Chromista	Foraminifera	Monothalamea	30
Chromista	Foraminifera	Tubothalamea	59
Chromista	Haptophyta	Prymnesiophyceae	105
Chromista	Myzozoa	Dinophyceae	141
Chromista	Ochrophyta	Bacillariophyceae	49
Chromista	Ochrophyta	Chrysophyceae	1
Chromista	Ochrophyta	Dictyochophyceae	6
Chromista	Ochrophyta	Phaeophyceae	2
Chromista	Radiozoa	Polycystina	358
Fungi	Ascomycota	Sordariomycetes	2
Fungi	Basidiomycota	Agaricomycetes	4
Plantae	Bryophyta	Bryopsida	11
Plantae	Bryophyta	Sphagnopsida	3
Plantae	Charophyta	Charophyceae	15
Plantae	Charophyta	Zygnematophyceae	3
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Chlorophyceae	8
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Trebouxiophyceae	2
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Ulvophyceae	34
Plantae	Marchantiophyta	Jungermanniopsida	1
Plantae	Marchantiophyta	Marchantiopsida	5
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Florideophyceae	32
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Rhodophyceae	1
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Cycadopsida	12
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Ginkgoopsida	6
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Gnetopsida	12
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Liliopsida	55
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Lycopodiopsida	46
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Magnoliopsida	307
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Pinopsida	89
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Polypodiopsida	121

Geologic Events

Event Name	Type	Age	Area
Kerguelen Plateau formation (ongoing)	Volcanic Activity	119 - 34 Ma	Southern Indian Ocean
Pangaea breakup (ongoing)	Continental Breakup	175 - 55 Ma	Global
Andean orogeny (ongoing)	Orogeny	Maximum Age: 200 Ma	South America
Laurasia supercontinent (ongoing)	Supercontinent	215 - 55 Ma	Northern Hemisphere

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