Biology:Clatrotitan

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Short description: Extinct species of winged insect

Clatrotitan
Temporal range: Anisian
Clatrotitan AMF36274.png
Forewing of Clatrotitan andersoni (Scale bar: 10 mm)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Titanoptera
Family: Mesotitanidae
Genus: Clatrotitan
McKeown, 1937
Type species
Clatrotitan andersoni
McKeown, 1937
Species
  • C. andersoni McKeown, 1937
  • C. scullyi? Tillyard, 1925

Clatrotitan is an extinct genus of titanopteran insect, known from Triassic of Australia .[1] It is originally described from a species, C. andersoni, then later study considered that Mesotitan scullyi as species of Clatrotitan too. But another study synonymized Mesotitan and Clatrotitan. Study in 2021 proposed to keep the two genera Clatrotitan and Mesotitan separated.[2] C. andersoni had large forewing that is 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) long.[3]

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Clatrotitan". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=180239. 
  2. Schubnel, Thomas; Legendre, Frédéric; Roques, Patrick; Garrouste, Romain; Cornette, Raphaël; Perreau, Michel; Perreau, Naïl; Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure et al. (2021-07-08). "Sound vs. light: wing-based communication in Carboniferous insects" (in en). Communications Biology 4 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02281-0. ISSN 2399-3642. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02281-0. 
  3. McKeown, Keith C. (1937-05-15). "New fossil insect wings (Protohemiptera, family Mesotitanidae)" (in en). Records of the Australian Museum 20 (1): 31–37. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.20.1937.565. ISSN 0067-1975. https://journals.australian.museum/mckeown-1937-rec-aust-mus-201-3137/journals.australian.museum/mckeown-1937-rec-aust-mus-201-3137/. 

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