Mesotitan Tillyard 1916 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Mesotitanidae

Synonym: Ultratitan Sharov 1968

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1916. Descriptions of the fossil Insects; Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features. Queensland Geological Survey (253)11-70

Parent taxon: Mesotitanini according to O. BĂ©thoux 2007

See also McKeown 1937, Sharov 1968 and Tillyard 1925

Sister taxa: Gigatitan, Nanotitan, Ootitan

Subtaxa: Mesotitan giganteus Mesotitan ovalis Mesotitan primitivus Mesotitan superior

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Type: Mesotitan giganteus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Kyrgyzstan (3)

Total: 4 collections including 8 occurrences

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