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Paravendia

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Paravendia
Temporal range: Ediacaran, 553 Ma
Artists restoration of Paravendia janae.
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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

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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

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Ediacaran of the Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk).[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ivantsov (2004). "New Proarticulata from the Vendian of the Arkhangel'sk Region". Palaeontology. 38 (3): 247–253.

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