Paravendia
Genus of proarticulate
| Paravendia Temporal range: Ediacaran, 553 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Artists restoration of Paravendia janae. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | †Proarticulata |
| Class: | †Vendiamorpha |
| Family: | †Vendiidae |
| Genus: | †Paravendia Ivantsov, 2004 |
| Species: | P. janae |
| Binomial name | |
| Paravendia janae Ivantsov, 2001 | |
Paravendia is an extinct genus of proarticulate vendiamorph that lived in the Ediacaran period, about 553 million years ago. It shares the Vendiidae family with Vendia and Karakhtia. It is a monotypic genus, with the species Paravendia janae.[1]
Description
It is an animal that presents 'bilateral' symmetry, similar in appearance to the previously mentioned genus Vendia , with new isomers replacing the older ones.
Distribution
Ediacaran of the Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk).[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Ivantsov (2004). "New Proarticulata from the Vendian of the Arkhangel'sk Region". Palaeontology. 38 (3): 247–253.
Notes
- Zakrevskaya, Maria. Paleoecological reconstruction of the Ediacaran benthic macroscopic communities of the White Sea (Russia). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 15 September 2014.
- Freeman, Gary. The rise of bilaterians. Historical Biology 2009 03. [1]
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