Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Taxa Count
Animalia	Annelida	Clitellata	3
Animalia	Annelida	Polychaeta	38
Animalia	Arthropoda	Arachnida	39
Animalia	Arthropoda	Branchiopoda	14
Animalia	Arthropoda	Cephalocarida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Chilopoda	7
Animalia	Arthropoda	Diplopoda	4
Animalia	Arthropoda	Entognatha	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	1,344
Animalia	Arthropoda	Malacostraca	288
Animalia	Arthropoda	Maxillopoda	16
Animalia	Arthropoda	Merostomata	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Ostracoda	98
Animalia	Arthropoda	Pycnogonida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Remipedia	1
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Craniata	6
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Lingulata	19
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Rhynchonellata	246
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Strophomenata	10
Animalia	Bryozoa	Gymnolaemata	17
Animalia	Bryozoa	Stenolaemata	48
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	31
Animalia	Chordata	Amphibia	20
Animalia	Chordata	Ascidiacea	1
Animalia	Chordata	Aves	1
Animalia	Chordata	Cephalaspidomorphi	1
Animalia	Chordata	Elasmobranchii	40
Animalia	Chordata	Holocephali	3
Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	109
Animalia	Chordata	Myxini	1
Animalia	Chordata	Reptilia	602
Animalia	Chordata	Sarcopterygii	11
Animalia	Cnidaria	Anthozoa	597
Animalia	Cnidaria	Cubozoa	1
Animalia	Cnidaria	Hydrozoa	5
Animalia	Cnidaria	Scyphozoa	2
Animalia	Echinodermata	Asteroidea	48
Animalia	Echinodermata	Crinoidea	38
Animalia	Echinodermata	Echinoidea	89
Animalia	Echinodermata	Holothuroidea	50
Animalia	Echinodermata	Ophiuroidea	43
Animalia	Hemichordata	Enteropneusta	4
Animalia	Hemichordata	Pterobranchia	2
Animalia	Mollusca	Bivalvia	525
Animalia	Mollusca	Cephalopoda	482
Animalia	Mollusca	Gastropoda	396
Animalia	Mollusca	Monoplacophora	1
Animalia	Mollusca	Polyplacophora	10
Animalia	Mollusca	Scaphopoda	12
Animalia	Nematoda	Adenophorea	2
Animalia	Nematoda	Secernentea	2
Animalia	Porifera	Calcarea	29
Animalia	Porifera	Demospongiae	64
Animalia	Porifera	Hexactinellida	86
Animalia	Porifera	Homoscleromorpha	1
Bacteria	Cyanobacteria	Cyanophyceae	6
Chromista	Ciliophora	Cyrtophoria	1
Chromista	Ciliophora	Oligotrichea	2
Chromista	Foraminifera	Globothalamea	130
Chromista	Foraminifera	Monothalamea	29
Chromista	Foraminifera	Tubothalamea	40
Chromista	Haptophyta	Prymnesiophyceae	34
Chromista	Myzozoa	Dinophyceae	28
Chromista	Ochrophyta	Phaeophyceae	2
Chromista	Radiozoa	Polycystina	758
Plantae	Bryophyta	Bryopsida	3
Plantae	Charophyta	Charophyceae	7
Plantae	Charophyta	Zygnematophyceae	1
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Chlorophyceae	3
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Trebouxiophyceae	2
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Ulvophyceae	52
Plantae	Marchantiophyta	Marchantiopsida	7
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Florideophyceae	13
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Rhodophyceae	4
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Cycadopsida	24
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Ginkgoopsida	13
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Gnetopsida	5
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Lycopodiopsida	23
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Magnoliopsida	12
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Pinopsida	60
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Polypodiopsida	62

Geologic Events

Event Name	Type	Age	Area
Morokweng impact	Impact Event	145.0 ± 0.8 Ma	South Africa
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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