''Paravendia'' is an extinct
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
proarticulate vendiamorph that lived in the
Ediacaran period, about 553 million years ago. It shares the
Vendiidae
Vendiamorpha
is a class of extinct animals within the Ediacaran phylum Proarticulata.
The typical vendiamorph had an oval-shaped or round-shaped body divided completely into segmented isomers, that were arranged alternately in two rows with ...
family with ''
Vendia
''Vendia'' is a genus of oval-shaped, Ediacaran fossils ranging from 4.5 to 12.5 mm long. The body is completely segmented into isomers, which are arranged alternately in two rows longitudinal to the axis of the body. The larger isomers cov ...
'' and ''
Karakhtia
''Karakhtia nessovi'' is a species of Proarticulate from the Ediacaran period, around 555 Million Years Ago. K. nessovi is the only species in the genus ''Karakhtia''. The genus Haootia has been compared minorly to ''Karakhtia'' in the way t ...
''. It is a monotypic genus, with the species ''Paravendia janae''.
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
Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near ...
).
See also
*
List of ediacaran genera
This is a list of all described Ediacaran genera, including the Ediacaran biota. It contains 227 genera.
References
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*
Ediacaran
The Ediacaran Period ( ) is a geological period that spans 96 million years from the end ...
References
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
Vendiamorpha
Ediacaran life
Fossils of Russia
Prehistoric bilaterian genera
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