Kingdom of Animalia / Metazoa --- All Invertebrates and Vertebrates
(metazoans / many-celled true animals / multi-cellular creatures that grab and ingest their organic food)
- comprises most living and deceased species which have ever been recorded by paleontological and life scientists
- excludes all unicellular and fungal opisthokonts
Read more about this topic: Taxonomy Of Commonly Fossilised Invertebrates
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