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Xyloiulidae

Myriapoda - Xyloiulidae

Taxonomy

Xyloiulidae was named by Cook (1895). Its type is Xyloiulus.

It was assigned to Spirobolida by Hoffman (1969); and to Xyloiuloidea by Cook (1895), Hoffman (1963), Wilson (2006) and Štamberg and Zajíc (2008).

Subtaxa

Blanziulus, Xyloiulus (syn. Xylobius) (type genus)

Synonyms

Projulidae was named by Fritsch (1899).

It was synonymized subjectively with Xyloiulidae by Hoffman (1963).

It was assigned to Diplopoda by Martynov (1936).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1895	Xyloiulidae Cook p. 3
1899	Projulidae Fritsch p. 25
1936	Proiulidae Martynov p. 1258
1963	Xyloiulidae Hoffman p. 168
1969	Xyloiulidae Hoffman p. 587
2006	Xyloiulidae Wilson p. 639
2008	Xyloiulidae Štamberg and Zajíc p. 86

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
class	Myriapoda	()
—	Dignatha	Tiegs 1947

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Diplopoda	Gervais 1844
subclass	Chilognatha	()
infraclass	Helminthomorpha	(Pocock 1887)
—	Eugnatha	Attems 1898
superorder	Juliformia	Attems 1926
superfamily	Xyloiuloidea
family	Xyloiulidae
family	Xyloiulidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Xyloiulidae Cook 1895

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G. †Blanziulus Langiaux and Sotty 1976

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†Blanziulus parriati Langiaux and Sotty 1976

G. †Xyloiulus Cook 1895

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†Xyloiulus bairdi Hoffman 1963

†Xyloiulus frustulentus Scudder 1890

†Xyloiulus mazonus Scudder 1890

†Xyloiulus pstrossi Fritsch 1899

†Xyloiulus sellatus Fritsch 1899

†Xyloiulus sigillariae Dawson 1860

Invalid names: Xylobius Dawson 1860 [replaced]

Invalid names: Projulidae Fritsch 1899 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2004-02-29 09:38:49

Modified:

2004-02-29 11:38:49

Source: p = phylum

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Kungurian or 318.70000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A	318.7 - 316.9	Belgium	Xylobius renieri (155630)
Westphalian A	318.7 - 316.9	Canada (Nova Scotia)	Xylobius sigillariae (155665) Xylobius sigillariae, Xylobius similis, Xylobius fractus (28069)
Westphalian A	318.7 - 316.9	United Kingdom (England)	Xylobius platti (34905) Xyloiulus sp. (124367)
Moscovian	315.2 - 307.0	Czech Republic (Pilsen)	Xylobius pstrossi, Xylobius sellatus (128574)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D	314.6 - 307.5	Canada (Nova Scotia)	Xylobius sp. (80111)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	USA (Ohio)	Xylobius sp. (85292)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	USA (Illinois)	Xylobius frustulentus (122521 122527) Xylobius mazonus, Xylobius frustulentus (21981)
Stephanian B	301.5 - 301.0	France	Blanziulus parriati (122490 161212)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	USA (Texas)	Xylobius sp. (11149)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	USA (Texas)	Xylobius sp. (195185)