Vetulicola is an extinct genus of marine animal discovered from the Cambrian of China.

It is the eponymous member of the enigmatic taxon Vetulicolia, which is of uncertain affinities but may belong to the deuterostomes.

[1] The name was derived from Vetulicola cuneata, the first species described by Hou Xian-guang in 1987 from the Lower Cambrian Chiungchussu Formation in Chengjiang, China.

"[2] The type species, Vetulicola cuneata, as originally described by Hou Xian-guang in 1987, has a body plan similar to those of arthropods and composed of two distinct parts of approximately equal length.

[3] The anterior part is rectangular with a carapace-like structure of four rigid cuticular plates, with a large mouth at the front end.