Clathrotitan

Clathrotitan, also called as Clatrotitan^[1] is an extinct genus of titanopteran insect, known from the Triassic of Australia.^[2] 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.^[3] 2024 study supported to synonymize C. scullyi and C. andersoni.^[1] C. andersoni had a large forewing, which was 13.8 centimetres (5.4 in) long.^[4]

Clathrotitan Temporal range: Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Forewing of Clathrotitan andersoni (Scale bar: 10 mm)
Speculative diagrammatic reconstruction, missing elements reconstructed after Gigatitan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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)