''Clatrotitan'' is an extinct genus of
titanopteran insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...
, known from the
Triassic
The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Year#Abbreviations yr and ya, Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 ...
of
Australia. It is originally described from a species, ''C. andersoni'', then later study considered that ''
Mesotitan scullyi'' as species of ''Clatrotitan'' too. But another study synonymized ''Mesotitan'' and ''Clatrotitan''. A study in 2021 proposed to keep the two genera ''Clatrotitan'' and ''Mesotitan'' separated. ''C. andersoni'' had a large forewing, which was long.
References
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Extinct insects
Orthopterida
Insects of Australia