Gigatitan

Gigatitan
Temporal range: Ladinian-Carnian
reconstruction of G. vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:†Titanoptera
Clade:†Gigatitanidae
Genus:†Gigatitan
Sharov, 1968
Type species
Gigatitan vulgaris
Sharov, 1968
Species
  • G. extensus Sharov, 1968
  • G. magnificus Sharov, 1968
  • G. vulgaris Sharov, 1968
Synonyms

G. vulgaris

  • G. curtis Sharov, 1968
  • G. ovatus Sharov, 1968
  • G. similis Sharov, 1968

Gigatitan is an extinct genus of titanopteran insect that lived in Kyrgyzstan during the Triassic period. The type species is G. vulgaris, described by Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov in 1968.[1] Fossils of Gigatitan have been found in the Madygen Formation.[2] In life, Gigatitan was a mantis-like predator with a wingspan of approximately 33 centimetres (13 in).[3] It is the type genus of the family Gigatitanidae, in which the closely related Nanotitan and Ootitan are also included.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Béthoux, O. (2007). "Cladotypic Taxonomy Applied: Titanopterans are Orthopterans" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 65 (2): 135–156. ISSN 1863-7221.
  2. ↑ Gigatitan at Fossilworks.org
  3. ↑ Grimaldi, D. (2009). "Fossil Record". In Resh, V.H.; Cardé, R.T. Encyclopedia of Insects (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Academic Press. pp. 396–403. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374144-8.00114-4. ISBN 978-0-12-374144-8.
  4. ↑ Gorochov, A.V. (2007). "The first representative of the suborder Mesotitanina from the Paleozoic and notes on the system and evolution of the order Titanoptera (Insecta: Polyneoptera)". Paleontological Journal. 41 (6): 621–625. doi:10.1134/S0031030107060056. ISSN 1555-6174.
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