Three new genera of transversely articulated Metazoa are described from the Upper Vendian of the Arkhangelsk Region (Russia).
Tamga gen. nov. and
Lossinia gen. nov. are recognized to be closely related to the extinct Precambrian phylum Proarticulata;
Ivovicia gen. nov. is considered as a true member of Proarticulata; all of the new genera are monotypic.
Onega stepanovi Fedonkin is also reinterpreted as Proarticulata. The replacement generic name
Archaeaspinus is introduced for the preoccupied
Archaeaspis Ivantsov.
Vendomia menneri Keller is assigned to
Dickinsonia Sprigg.
Key words Proarticulata - new taxa - replacement names - Precambrian - Vendian - Arkhangelsk Region - Russia
Original Russian Text © A.Yu. Ivantsov, 2007, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2007, No. 2, pp. 3–10.