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Huntonia is a Devonian phacopid trilobite genus associated with Oklahoma and surrounding parts of North America. It is recognized by a smoothly inflated glabella and large schizochroal eyes, features that help distinguish it within mid-Devonian phacopid material. The genus is also placed among asteropygine trilobites, a group known for varied cephalic and pygidial ornament. It is of interest to students of North American Devonian fossils.
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What is Huntonia?
Huntonia is a Devonian phacopid trilobite genus associated with Oklahoma and surrounding parts of North America. It is recognized from mid-Devonian fossil material.
What does Huntonia’s head look like?
Huntonia has a smoothly inflated glabella and large schizochroal eyes. Those features give its cephalon a rounded, robust appearance.
What are schizochroal eyes in Huntonia fossils?
They are compound eyes made of separate lenses set in the side of the head, a hallmark of many phacopid trilobites. Their size and arrangement help paleontologists compare Huntonia with related genera.
When did Huntonia live?
Huntonia lived during the Devonian Period, when its marine environments covered parts of what is now North America. Fossils associated with the genus are especially linked to Oklahoma and nearby regions.
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