Titanoptera

Clatrotitan andersoni, forewing

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Ordo: †Titanoptera
Subordines: †Gerarina – †Mesotitanina

Overview of familiae

†Geraridae – †Gigatitanidae – †Mesotitanidae – †Paratitanidae

Name

Titanoptera Sharov, 1968

References

Primary references

• Sharov, A.G. 1968. Филогения ортоптероидных насекомых [Phylogeny of orthopterous insects]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 118: 1–216. (in Russian). Full volume (DjVu). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Béthoux, O. 2007. Cladotypic taxonomy applied: titanopterans are orthopterans. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 65(2): 135–156. PDF.
• 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).] Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 41(6): 31–35. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 41(6): 621–625]

Links

• Tree of Life Web Project. 2002. Titanoptera. Version 01 January 2002 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project

Vernacular names

日本語: オオバッタ目

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