Novocatharia Özdikmen 2009 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Conocoryphidae

Synonym: Catharia Alvaro and Vizcaino 2003 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. Özdikmen. 2009. Nomenclatural changes for twenty trilobites genera. Munis Entomology & Zoology 4:155-171

Parent taxon: Conocoryphidae according to Alvaro and Vizcaino 2003

Sister taxa: Bailiaspis, Bailiella, Cainatops, Conocoryphe, Ctenocephalus, Elyx, Hartella, Parabailiella, Tchaiaspis

Subtaxa: Novocatharia ferralsensis

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Type: Conocoryphe ferralsensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ferrals 3. 325 m. (Cambrian of France)

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