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Mesotitan primitivus

Insecta - Orthoptera - Mesotitanidae

Taxonomy
Prototitan primitivus was named by Sharov (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 2070/578, a forewing (proximal 2/3 of forewing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 2070, Madygen (Northern area), which is in a Ladinian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

It was recombined as Mesotitan primitivus by Béthoux (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Prototitan primitivus Sharov p. 196 figs. Fig 48 A
2007Mesotitan primitivus Béthoux p. 154

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

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.

Mesotitan primitivus Sharov 1968
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Diagnosis
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