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Gigatitan magnificus

Insecta - Orthoptera - Mesotitanidae

Taxonomy
Nanotitan magnificus was named by Sharov (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 2555/1509, an exoskeleton (missing abdomen & hindlegs), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 2555, Dzhailoucho area, which is in a Ladinian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

It was recombined as Gigatitan magnificus by Béthoux (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Nanotitan magnificus Sharov p. 202 figs. Fig 52 A
2007Gigatitan magnificus 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
genusGigatitan
speciesmagnificus()

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.

Gigatitan magnificus Sharov 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available