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Xyloiulus ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Spirobolida : Xyloiulidae : Xyloiulus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 290 - 279 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Xylobius fractus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Xylobius platti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Xylobius renieri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Xylobius similis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Xyloiulus bairdi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Xyloiulus frustulentus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Xyloiulus mazonus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Xyloiulus pstrossi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Xyloiulus sellatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Xyloiulus sigillariae ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1860 | Xylobius Dawson p. 271 |
| 1890 | Xylobius Scudder p. 437 |
| 1895 | Xyloiulus Cook p. 3 |
| 1911 | Xylobius Baldwin p. 79 |
| 1930 | Xylobius Pruvost p. 169 |
| 1963 | Xyloiulus Hoffman p. 169 |
| 1969 | Xyloiulus Hoffman p. 587 |
| 2008 | Xyloiulus Štamberg and Zajíc p. 86 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
