| Dunyu Temporal range: Silurian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Galeaspida |
| Order: | †Eugaleaspidiformes |
| Family: | †Eugaleaspidae |
| Genus: | †Dunyu Zhu et al., 2012 |
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| †Dunyu longiforus Zhu et al., 2012
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Dunyu (meaning "shield fish" in Hanyu Pinyin) is an extinct genus of eugaleaspidiform galeaspid known from the Silurian of Yunnan, southwestern China.12 Two species are known: D longiforus, the type species1 and D. xiushanensis, which was initially named as a species of Eugaleaspis.2 The type specimen of D. longiforus is IVPP V 17681, a complete cephalic shield prepared by C. H. Xiong, and the holotype of D. xiushanensis is IVPP V 6793.1, another complete cephalic shield.1
References
References
- Min Zhu; Yu-Hai Liu; Lian-Tao Jia; Zhi-Kun Gai (2012). "A new genus of eugaleaspidiforms (Agnatha: Galeaspida) from the Ludlow, Silurian of Qujing, Yunnan, Southwestern China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 50 (1): 1–7.
- Liu, S. F. (1983). Agnatha from Sichuan, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 21, 97–102. [In Chinese with English summary]