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.

[1] It is an animal that presents 'bilateral' symmetry, similar in appearance to the previously mentioned genus Vendia , with new isomers replacing the older ones.

Ediacaran of the Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk).