Andiva

Andiva
Temporal range: Ediacaran, around
Fossil of Andiva ivantsovi
Scientific classification
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. It lived about 555 million years ago. Fossils of Andiva also occur in South Australia. All known fossils of Andiva are external molds.

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