| Dunyu Temporal range: Silurian, | |
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| Life reconstruction of Dunyu longiforus | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Superclass: | † Cephalaspidomorphi |
| Class: | † Galeaspida |
| Order: | † Eugaleaspidiformes |
| Family: | † Eugaleaspidae |
| Genus: | † Dunyu Zhu et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †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. [1] [2] Two species are known: D longiforus, the type species [1] 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]
