title: Paravendia
text: # Paravendia
  
  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.
  
  ## 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).
  
  