Myriapoda - Chilognatha - Xyloiulidae
Synonym: Xylobius Dawson 1860 [replaced name]
Full reference: O. F. Cook. 1895. Introductory note on the families of Diplopoda, in The Craspedosomatidae of North America. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 9:1-9
Parent taxon: Xyloiulidae according to S. Štamberg and J. Zajíc 2008
See also Baldwin 1911, Cook 1895, Dawson 1860, Hoffman 1963, Hoffman 1969, Pruvost 1930 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxon: Blanziulus
Subtaxa: Xylobius fractus Xylobius platti Xylobius renieri Xylobius similis Xyloiulus bairdi Xyloiulus frustulentus Xyloiulus mazonus Xyloiulus pstrossi Xyloiulus sellatus Xyloiulus sigillariae
Type: Xylobius sigillariae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Canada (3: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Illinois, Ohio)
Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences
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