Vetulicola rectangulata
| Vetulicola rectangulata Temporal range: | |
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| Life restoration of Vetulicola rectangulata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade?: | †Vetulicolia |
| Class: | †Vetulicolida |
| Order: | †Vetulicolata |
| Family: | †Vetulicolidae |
| Genus: | †Vetulicola |
| Species: | †V. rectangulata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Vetulicola rectangulata Luo and Hu, 1999 | |
Vetulicola rectangulata (meaning "rectangular ancient dweller") is a species of extinct animal from the Early Cambrian of the Chengjiang biota of China. Regarded as a deuterostome, it has characteristic rectangular anterior body on which the posterior tail region is attached. It was described by Luo Huilin and Hu Shi-xue in 1999.