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Mesotitan

Insecta - Orthoptera - Mesotitanidae

Taxonomy
Mesotitan was named by Tillyard (1916). It is not extant. Its type is Mesotitan giganteus.

It was assigned to Mesotitanidae by Tillyard (1925) and McKeown (1937); and to Mesotitanini by Béthoux (2007).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Mesotitan Tillyard p. 40
1925Mesotitan Tillyard
1937Mesotitan McKeown p. 34
1968Ultratitan Sharov
2007Mesotitan Béthoux p. 154

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderTitanoptera()
suborderMesotitaninaTillyard 1925
familyMesotitanidae
subfamilyMesotitaninae
tribeMesotitaniniTillyard 1925
genusMesotitan

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mesotitan Tillyard 1916
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Mesotitan giganteus Tillyard 1916
Mesotitan ovalis Sharov 1968
Mesotitan primitivus Sharov 1968
Mesotitan superior Sharov 1968
Invalid names: Ultratitan Sharov 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available