''Clathrotitan'', also called as ''Clatrotitan'' is an extinct genus of titanopteran

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. It is originally described from a species, ''C. andersoni'', then later study considered that '' Mesotitan scullyi'' as species of ''Clathrotitan'' too, synonymizing ''C. andersoni'' to ''C. scullyi''. But another study synonymized ''Mesotitan'' and ''Clathrotitan''. A study in 2021 proposed to keep the two genera ''Clathrotitan'' and ''Mesotitan'' separated, keeping ''Mesotitan'' only include type species ''M. giganteus'' and keeping two species ''Clathrotitan''. 2024 study supported to synonymize ''C. scullyi'' and ''C. andersoni''. ''C. andersoni'' had a large forewing, which was long.

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