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Gigatitan

Insecta - Orthoptera - Mesotitanidae

Taxonomy
Gigatitan was named by Sharov (1968). It is not extant. Its type is Gigatitan vulgaris. It is the type genus of Gigatitanidae.

It was assigned to Gigatitanidae by Sharov (1968); and to Mesotitanini by Béthoux (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Gigatitan Sharov
2007Gigatitan Béthoux p. 154

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderTitanoptera()
suborderMesotitaninaTillyard 1925
familyMesotitanidae
subfamilyMesotitaninae
tribeMesotitaniniTillyard 1925
genusGigatitan

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. †Gigatitan Sharov 1968
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†Gigatitan extensus Sharov 1968
†Gigatitan magnificus Sharov 1968
†Gigatitan ovatus Sharov 1968
†Gigatitan similis Sharov 1968
†Gigatitan vulgaris Sharov 1968
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Invalid names: Ootitan curtis Sharov 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ladinian or 241.46400 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) G. ovatus, G. similis, Nanotitan magnificus, Nanotitan extentus (106088) G. vulgaris, Ootitan curtis, Nanotitan magnificus, Nanotitan extentus (110763) Ootitan curtis (113468)