Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Taxa Count
Animalia	Annelida	Clitellata	3
Animalia	Annelida	Polychaeta	19
Animalia	Arthropoda	Arachnida	68
Animalia	Arthropoda	Branchiopoda	12
Animalia	Arthropoda	Cephalocarida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Chilopoda	2
Animalia	Arthropoda	Diplopoda	5
Animalia	Arthropoda	Entognatha	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	733
Animalia	Arthropoda	Malacostraca	10
Animalia	Arthropoda	Maxillopoda	6
Animalia	Arthropoda	Merostomata	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Ostracoda	246
Animalia	Arthropoda	Pycnogonida	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Remipedia	1
Animalia	Arthropoda	Trilobita	24
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Chileata	5
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Craniata	6
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Lingulata	24
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Rhynchonellata	374
Animalia	Brachiopoda	Strophomenata	348
Animalia	Bryozoa	Gymnolaemata	15
Animalia	Bryozoa	Stenolaemata	174
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	8
Animalia	Chordata	Amphibia	16
Animalia	Chordata	Cephalaspidomorphi	1
Animalia	Chordata	Elasmobranchii	5
Animalia	Chordata	Holocephali	2
Animalia	Chordata	Myxini	1
Animalia	Chordata	Reptilia	48
Animalia	Chordata	Sarcopterygii	4
Animalia	Cnidaria	Anthozoa	235
Animalia	Cnidaria	Cubozoa	1
Animalia	Cnidaria	Hydrozoa	3
Animalia	Cnidaria	Scyphozoa	2
Animalia	Cnidaria	Staurozoa	7
Animalia	Echinodermata	Asteroidea	4
Animalia	Echinodermata	Crinoidea	200
Animalia	Echinodermata	Echinoidea	10
Animalia	Echinodermata	Holothuroidea	48
Animalia	Echinodermata	Ophiuroidea	13
Animalia	Hemichordata	Enteropneusta	4
Animalia	Hemichordata	Pterobranchia	2
Animalia	Mollusca	Bivalvia	301
Animalia	Mollusca	Cephalopoda	270
Animalia	Mollusca	Gastropoda	443
Animalia	Mollusca	Monoplacophora	1
Animalia	Mollusca	Polyplacophora	14
Animalia	Mollusca	Scaphopoda	12
Animalia	Nematoda	Adenophorea	1
Animalia	Porifera	Calcarea	2
Animalia	Porifera	Demospongiae	21
Animalia	Porifera	Hexactinellida	28
Bacteria	Cyanobacteria	Cyanophyceae	7
Chromista	Foraminifera	Globothalamea	28
Chromista	Foraminifera	Monothalamea	19
Chromista	Foraminifera	Tubothalamea	140
Chromista	Haptophyta	Prymnesiophyceae	2
Chromista	Myzozoa	Dinophyceae	2
Chromista	Radiozoa	Polycystina	30
Fungi	Ascomycota	Dothideomycetes	1
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Chlorophyceae	2
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Trebouxiophyceae	1
Plantae	Chlorophyta	Ulvophyceae	28
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Florideophyceae	10
Plantae	Rhodophyta	Rhodophyceae	5
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Cycadopsida	2
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Ginkgoopsida	3
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Lycopodiopsida	14
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Magnoliopsida	6
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Pinopsida	13
Plantae	Tracheophyta	Polypodiopsida	24

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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