Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Taxa Count
Animalia	Annelida	Clitellata	3
Animalia	Annelida	Polychaeta	29
Animalia	Arthropoda	Arachnida	34
Animalia	Arthropoda	Branchiopoda	14
Animalia	Arthropoda	Cephalocarida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Chilopoda	3
Animalia	Arthropoda	Diplopoda	4
Animalia	Arthropoda	Entognatha	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	1,543
Animalia	Arthropoda	Malacostraca	164
Animalia	Arthropoda	Maxillopoda	8
Animalia	Arthropoda	Merostomata	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Ostracoda	128
Animalia	Arthropoda	Pycnogonida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Remipedia	1
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Craniata	4
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Lingulata	18
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Rhynchonellata	493
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Strophomenata	12
Animalia	Bryozoa	Gymnolaemata	16
Animalia	Bryozoa	Stenolaemata	33
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	21
Animalia	Chordata	Amphibia	8
Animalia	Chordata	Ascidiacea	1
Animalia	Chordata	Cephalaspidomorphi	1
Animalia	Chordata	Elasmobranchii	43
Animalia	Chordata	Holocephali	5
Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	33
Animalia	Chordata	Myxini	1
Animalia	Chordata	Reptilia	247
Animalia	Chordata	Sarcopterygii	7
Animalia	Cnidaria	Anthozoa	197
Animalia	Cnidaria	Cubozoa	1
Animalia	Cnidaria	Hydrozoa	4
Animalia	Cnidaria	Scyphozoa	2
Animalia	Echinodermata	Asteroidea	36
Animalia	Echinodermata	Crinoidea	39
Animalia	Echinodermata	Echinoidea	61
Animalia	Echinodermata	Holothuroidea	57
Animalia	Echinodermata	Ophiuroidea	48
Animalia	Hemichordata	Enteropneusta	4
Animalia	Hemichordata	Pterobranchia	2
Animalia	Mollusca	Bivalvia	523
Animalia	Mollusca	Cephalopoda	626
Animalia	Mollusca	Gastropoda	384
Animalia	Mollusca	Monoplacophora	1
Animalia	Mollusca	Polyplacophora	12
Animalia	Mollusca	Scaphopoda	14
Animalia	Nematoda	Adenophorea	2
Animalia	Nematoda	Secernentea	2
Animalia	Porifera	Calcarea	10
Animalia	Porifera	Demospongiae	25
Animalia	Porifera	Hexactinellida	17
Bacteria	Cyanobacteria	Cyanophyceae	6
Chromista	Foraminifera	Globothalamea	74
Chromista	Foraminifera	Monothalamea	26
Chromista	Foraminifera	Tubothalamea	37
Chromista	Haptophyta	Prymnesiophyceae	76
Chromista	Myzozoa	Dinophyceae	7
Chromista	Ochrophyta	Phaeophyceae	2
Chromista	Radiozoa	Polycystina	540
Plantae	Bryophyta	Bryopsida	3
Plantae	Charophyta	Charophyceae	4
Plantae	Charophyta	Zygnematophyceae	1
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Chlorophyceae	3
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Trebouxiophyceae	2
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Ulvophyceae	37
Plantae	Marchantiophyta	Marchantiopsida	4
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Florideophyceae	11
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Rhodophyceae	4
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Cycadopsida	26
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Ginkgoopsida	11
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Gnetopsida	5
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Lycopodiopsida	16
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Magnoliopsida	8
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Pinopsida	49
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Polypodiopsida	58

Geologic Events

Event Name	Type	Age	Area
Pangaea breakup (begins)	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
Uralian orogeny (concludes)	Orogeny	~320 - ~175 Ma	Russia

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