Paravendia
Paravendia Temporal range: Ediacaran,
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Life restoration of Paravendia janae. | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Family: | †Vendiidae
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Genus: | †Paravendia Ivantsov, 2004
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Species: | P. janae
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Paravendia janae Ivantsov, 2001
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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[]
- List of ediacaran genera
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]
Categories:
- Vendiamorpha
- Ediacaran life
- Fossils of Russia
- Prehistoric bilaterian genera
- Ediacaran biota stubs