Andiva

Andiva
Temporal range: Ediacaran, around 555 Ma
Fossil of Andiva ivantsovi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Proarticulata
Genus: Andiva
Fedonkin, 2002
Species:
A. ivantsovi
Binomial name
Andiva ivantsovi
Fedonkin 2002

Andiva ivantsovi is a Vendian fossil, identified to be a bilaterian triploblastic animal in the Ediacaran phylum Proarticulata, known from the Winter Coast, White Sea, Russia. It was first discovered in 1977, and described as a new species in a new genus by Mikhail Fedonkin in 2002.[1] It lived about 555 million years ago. Fossils of Andiva also occur in South Australia.[1][2] All known fossils of Andiva are external molds.[3]

  1. ^ a b Fedonkin, M. A. (2002). "Andiva ivantsovi gen. et sp. n. and related carapace‐bearing Ediacaran fossils from the Vendian of the Winter Coast, White Sea, Russia". Italian Journal of Zoology. 69 (2): 175–181. doi:10.1080/11250000209356456. S2CID 85352552.
  2. ^ Gehling, J. G.; Droser, M. L. (2009). "Textured Organic Surfaces Associated with the Ediacara Biota in South Australia". Earth-Science Reviews. 96 (3): 196–206. Bibcode:2009ESRv...96..196G. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.03.002.
  3. ^ Dzik, J. (2003). "Anatomical Information Content in the Ediacaran Fossils and Their Possible Zoological Affinities". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43 (1): 114–126. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.114. PMID 21680416.