Insecta - Orthoptera - Mesotitanidae

Alternative combinations: Clathrotitan scullyi, Mesotitan scullyi

Synonym: Mesotitan tillyardi McKeown 1937

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1925. A new fossil insect wing from Triassic beds near Deewhy, NSW. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50:374-377

Belongs to Clatrotitan according to T. Schubnel et al. 2021

See also McKeown 1937 and Riek 1954

Sister taxon: Clatrotitan andersoni

Type specimens:

• Clatrotitan scullyi: AMF20270, a forewing (wing fragment). Its type locality is Beacon Hill (AM collection), which is in an Anisian lacustrine - small shale in the Hawkesbury Sandstone Formation of Australia.
• Mesotitan tillyardi: University of Sydney GD, a forewing. Its type locality is Beacon Hill (AM collection), which is in an Anisian lacustrine - small shale in the Hawkesbury Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Distribution: found only at Beacon Hill (AM collection)

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