Dunyu

Dun-yoo.
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Harper Gray

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Name

Dunyu.

Phonetic

Dun-yoo.

Named By

Min Zhu,‭ ‬Yu-Hai Liu,‭ ‬Lian-Tao Jia‭ & ‬Zhi-Kun Gai‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Galeaspida,‭ ‬Eugaleaspidiformes.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

D.‭ ‬longiforus‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Yunnan Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kuanti Formation.

Time Period

Late Silurian.

Fossil representation

Head shield.

In Depth

       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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