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Section sizes

Section size for 2016 in paleontology (33 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	241	241
Flora	10	4,905
Plants	43	43
Fungi	4,852	4,852
Cnidarians	16	25,726
Research	1,386	1,386
New taxa	24,324	24,324
Arthropods	56	56
Bryozoans	12,846	12,846
Brachiopods	49,100	49,100
Molluscs	54	54
Echinoderms	24,087	24,087
Conodonts	18,038	18,038
Fishes	47	47
Amphibians	16	19,334
Research	5,915	5,915
New taxa	16	13,403
Temnospondyls	4,973	4,973
Lissamphibians	5,949	5,949
Others	2,465	2,465
Reptiles	83	83
Synapsids	15	14,076
Non-mammalian synapsids	31	14,009
Research	7,627	7,627
New taxa	6,351	6,351
Mammals	52	52
Other animals	19	45,093
Research	3,982	3,982
New taxa	41,092	41,092
Other organisms	20	56,550
New taxa	51,690	51,690
Research	4,840	4,840
References	148	148
Total	270,384	270,384

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