Myriapoda - Chilognatha - Xyloiulidae
Alternative combination: Xylobius sigillariae
Full reference: J. W. Dawson. 1860. On a Terrestrial Mollusk, a Chilognathous Myriapod, and some New Species of Reptiles, from the Coal-Formation of Nova Scotia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16:268-277
Belongs to Xyloiulus according to R. L. Hoffman 1963
See also Copeland 1957, Dawson 1860, Scudder 1868 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxa: Xyloiulus bairdi, Xyloiulus frustulentus, Xyloiulus mazonus, Xyloiulus pstrossi, Xyloiulus sellatus, Xylobius fractus, Xylobius similis, Xylobius renieri, Xylobius platti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Coal Mine Point; Divison 4, Section XV, coal-group 15, which is in a Westphalian A mire/swamp sandstone/coal in the Joggins Formation of Canada
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nova Scotia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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