Vetustovermis planus

Vetustovermis planus is a softbodied animal originally described from the South Australian Emu Bay shale which is Lower Cambrian in age. It is better known from the Chinese Chengjiang biota (also Lower Cambrian) described recently by Chen et al (2005). It is dorsoventrally flattened with an ovate trunk region and a head with stalked eyes and a pair of long tentacles. The trunk region possess lateral serialised structures of unknown affinity. It has been suggested to be close in affinity to the molluscs.