Dunyu

Name: Dunyu.
Phonetic: Dun-yoo.
Named By: Min Zhu,‭ ‬Yu-Hai Liu,‭ ‬Lian-Tao Jia‭ & ‬Zhi-Kun Gai‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Galeaspida,‭ ‬Eugaleaspidiformes.
Species: D.‭ ‬longiforus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Yunnan Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kuanti Formation.
Time period: Late Silurian.
Fossil representation: Head shield.

       Dunyu is a genus of jawless fish that lived in the waters around what is now China during the Silurian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new genus of eugaleaspidiforms‭ (‬Agnatha:‭ ‬Galeaspida‭) ‬from the Ludlow,‭ ‬Silurian of Qujing,‭ ‬Yunnan,‭ ‬Southwestern China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vertebrata PalAsiatica‭ ‬50‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬1‭–‬7.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Min Zhu,‭ ‬Yu-Hai Liu,‭ ‬Lian-Tao Jia‭ & ‬Zhi-Kun Gai‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.



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