Xyloiulus mazonus Scudder 1890

Myriapoda - Chilognatha - Xyloiulidae

Alternative combination: Xylobius mazonus

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. New Carboniferous Myriapoda from Illinois. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 4:417-442

Belongs to Xyloiulus according to R. L. Hoffman 1963

Sister taxa: Xyloiulus bairdi, Xyloiulus frustulentus, Xyloiulus pstrossi, Xyloiulus sellatus, Xyloiulus sigillariae, Xylobius similis, Xylobius platti, Xylobius fractus, Xylobius renieri

Type specimen: USNM PAL38036. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection

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