Paravendia Temporal range: Ediacaran, 553 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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

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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

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.

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