Andiva

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]

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

Description
Sketch reconstruction of the Andiva ivantsovi

Andiva was between 6 and 10 cm (2.4 and 3.9 in) long and from 4 to 5.5 cm (1.6 to 2.2 in) wide, with a bilaterally symmetrical shape, larger on the anterior end and narrower at the posterior. The anterior part features a smooth "fringe" followed by a surface "covered by fine ribs and sutura",[1] also described as a "quilt" with narrow, tightly packed chambers[3] The symmetry of these ribs is a glide symmetry, that is, in which the corresponding segments on the left and right sides do not line up, but are staggered. This is a feature shared by other forms belonging to the proposed taxon Proarticulata.

The original reconstruction by Fedonkin proposed that the ridged surface was a convex, thin carapace made of a chitin-like, non mineralized substance, protecting the animal while "creeping or gliding" over the sea bed. In the same reconstruction, the smooth zone was considered an imprint of the soft tissue beneath the dorsal carapace.[1]

Association

Andiva is often found together with other species from the Ediacara biota, like Dickinsonia, Yorgia, Kimberella, Brachina, Parvancorina, Tribrachidium and others.[1]

Taxonomy and relationships
Dipleurozoa
 

Dickinsonia

 
 
 

Spriggina

 
 
 

Yorgia, Praecambridium, Archaeaspinus, Vendia

 
 

Chondroplon, Andiva

 
 
 
 
Proposed cladogram of the relationships between Dipleurozoa, according to Dzik (2003)

Morphologically, Andiva most closely resembles Ovatoscutum, Chondroplon and, more distantly, Dickinsonia, as part of the proposed phylum Proarticulata.[1] Archaeaspinus and Cyanorus have also been directly compared to it.[4]

Jerzy Dzik includes Andiva in the Dipleurozoa, with Chondroplon as the closest relative, separated from Dickinsonia and closer to Yorgia, Praecambridium, Archaeaspinus and Vendia, since all of them are sharing a dextrally bent dorsal medial chamber.[3]

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See also

List of Ediacaran genera

References
  1. 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.
  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. 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.
  4. Ivantsov, A. Yu. (2004). "New Proarticulata from the Vendian of the Arkhangel'sk Region" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 38 (3): 247–253. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
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