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Archaeaspinus fedonkini is a genus of marine creatures from the Late Precambrian (Ediacaran) period belonging to the phylum Proarticulata.

Introduction
Archaeaspinus was discovered in Zimnii Bereg, the Winter Coast of the White Sea in Russia, by A. Yu. Ivantsov in 2001. Since then, numerous additional fossils have been attributed to the genus, mostly from that same type locality, but a small number from Flinders Ranges in South Australia as well.

Originally called Archaeaspis—a name that was already in use—in 2001 by Ivantsov, it was later recombined under its current name in 2007 by the same author. The type species A. fedonkini is the only species known to the genus. It appears in the fossil record between 571-551Ma.

Description
Like other genera within the family Yorgiidae, Archaeaspinus is discoid, much of its body segmented by up to 15 bilateral isomers. It has an unsegmented anterior end reminiscent of a head, full of what may be distribution channels. It also contains what appears to be an unpaired lobe which branches off of the foreword-most isomer to loop within the "head" section, following the shape of the body. This lobe, or perhaps irregular isomer, is bordered by a shallow furrow on the anterior and left edge.

The isomers are arranged in a gliding reflection symmetry, thought to have changed in size and quantity as the organism aged and grew. The dorsal side is covered with evenly spaced tubercles.

Though often thought to have been soft bodied, it has also been suggested that Archaeaspinus had a thin and flexible carapace covering its dorsal side.

It closely resembles Yorgia, because of the similar anterior region, and to a lesser extent Dickinsonia and other Proarticulates.

Phylogenetic relationships
As noted above, Archaeaspinus belongs to the phylum Proarticulata. Within that, its class is Cephalozoa and family Yorgiidae. Until 2004 Cephalozoans were categorized within the class Vendiamorpha, so older records of the Archaeaspinus may label it a Vendiamorph.

Newer analyses suggest that tissue on the ventral side of most Proarticulates, and therefore Archaeaspinus, bore cilia for feeding.

Paleoecology
Archaeaspinus is thought to have used an osmotrophic or filter-feeding strategy, absorbing nutrients from the microbial mat below in much the same way that Yorgia did.