Armillifera

{{Short description|Extinct species of marine animal}}

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{{Distinguish|Armillifer}}

{{Taxobox

| fossil_range = about {{fossil range|553}}Ediacaran

| image = Armillifera parva.jpg

| image_caption = Artists interpretation of Armillifera parva.

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = {{extinct}}Proarticulata

| genus = {{extinct}}Armillifera

| genus_authority = Fedonkin, 1980

| species = {{extinct}}A. parva

| species_authority = Fedonkin, 1980

| binomial = {{extinct}}Armillifera parva

| binomial_authority = Fedonkin, 1980

}}

Armillifera parva is a species of Ediacaran proarticulate{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=152327|title=Fossilworks: Armillifera|website=fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}} first described by Mikhail Fedonkin in 1980. Its fossils were discovered in the White Sea area, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia. These fossils of A. parva were restricted to almost the same stratigraphic range as Kimberella, although fossils of both organisms have been rarely found.{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=M. W. |last2=Grazhdankin |first2=D. V. |last3=Bowring |first3=S. A. |last4=Evans |first4=D. A. D. |last5=Fedonkin |first5=M. A. |last6=Kirschvink |first6=J. L. |title=Age of Neoproterozoic Bilatarian Body and Trace Fossils, White Sea, Russia: Implications for Metazoan Evolution |journal=Science |date=5 May 2000 |volume=288 |issue=5467 |pages=841–845 |doi=10.1126/science.288.5467.841|pmid=10797002 |bibcode=2000Sci...288..841M }}{{The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran Biota|chapter=New data on Kimberella, the Vendian mollusc-like organism (White sea region, Russia): palaeoecological and evolutionary implications|author=Fedonkin, M.A. |author2=Simonetta, A |author3=Ivantsov, A.Y. |pages=157–179 |doi=10.1144/SP286.12}}