Clathrotitan

Clathrotitan
Temporal range: Anisian
Forewing of Clathrotitan andersoni (Scale bar: 10 mm)
Speculative diagrammatic reconstruction, missing elements reconstructed after Gigatitan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: †Titanoptera
Family: †Mesotitanidae
Genus: †Clathrotitan
McKeown, 1937
Type species
Clathrotitan andersoni
McKeown, 1937
Species
  • C. andersoni McKeown, 1937
  • C. scullyi? Tillyard, 1925
Synonyms

Clatrotitan McKeown, 1937 (misspelled)

Clathrotitan, also called as Clatrotitan is an extinct genus of titanopteran insect, known from the Triassic of Australia. It is originally described from a species, C. andersoni, then later study considered that Mesotitan scullyi as species of Clathrotitan too, synonymizing C. andersoni to C. scullyi. But another study synonymized Mesotitan and Clathrotitan. A study in 2021 proposed to keep the two genera Clathrotitan and Mesotitan separated, keeping Mesotitan only include type species M. giganteus and keeping two species Clathrotitan. A 2024 study supported to synonymize C. scullyi and C. andersoni. C. andersoni had a large forewing, which was 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) long.

References

  1. 1 2 McLean, Graham (2024-08-28). "Sydney Basin in the Triassic—a review of the geology, flora and fauna, and ecosystems. The Hawkesbury Sandstone". Technical Reports of the Australian Museum (online). 40: 1–44. doi:10.3853/j.1835-4211.40.2024.1902. ISSN 1835-4211.
  2. ↑ "Fossilworks: Clatrotitan". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  3. ↑ Schubnel, Thomas; Legendre, Frédéric; Roques, Patrick; Garrouste, Romain; Cornette, Raphaël; Perreau, Michel; Perreau, Naïl; Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure; Nel, André (2021-07-08). "Sound vs. light: wing-based communication in Carboniferous insects". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02281-0. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 8266802. PMID 34239029. S2CID 235777698.
  4. ↑ McKeown, Keith C. (1937-05-15). "New fossil insect wings (Protohemiptera, family Mesotitanidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 20 (1): 31–37. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.20.1937.565. ISSN 0067-1975. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 21, 2025. Retrieved December 6, 2025.