| 摘 要： | <正> Pan et Wang (1981) reported that the dorsal shield of the galeaspid, Qingmenaspis, held a large opening on each side, but owing to the ill preservation they reservedly assumed it likely to be a dorsal branchial opening. This structure was also recognized later in Lungmenshanaspis by Wang Nian-zhong (1991). He considered its function to remain obscure. More recently Pan (1992) described the structure in a number of new galeaspids and renamed it fenestra. He distingushed the structure into two kinds: the lateral dorsal fenestra, which is narrow and small, existing in Pentathyraspis and Microhoplonaspis, and the dorsal fenestra, which is broad, found in Macrothyraspis, Sinoszechuanaspis as well as Qingmenaspis. Pan assumed the fenestra to be coverd by the skin when the creatures were alive, and to play a role in hydrodynamic. He regarded this structure as a unique character for the fenestra galeaspids.
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