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