{{Short description|Extinct genus of millipedes}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Carboniferous|ref=<ref name=Hoffman1963>{{cite journal|last=Hoffman|first=R.L.|title=New genera and species of Upper Paleozoic Diplopoda|journal=Journal of Paleontology|year=1963|volume=37|issue=1|pages=167–174|jstor=1301419}}</ref>}} | image = Xyloiulus NMNH.jpg | image_caption = Syntype of ''X. mazonus'' (USNM 38036) | taxon = Xyloiulus | authority = Cook, 1895 | type_species = ''Xyloiulus sigillariae'' | type_species_authority = (Dawson), 1860 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''Xyloiulus bairdi'' <small>Hoffman, 1963</small><br/> ''Xyloiulus frustulentis'' <small>Scudder, 1890</small><br/> ''Xyloiulus mazonus'' <small>Scudder, 1890</small> <br/> ''Xyloiulus pstrossi'' <small>Fritsch</small><br/> ''Xyloiulus sigillariae'' <small>(Dawson), 1860</small><br/> ''Xyloiulus sellatus'' <small>Fritsch</small> | synonyms = ''Xylobius'' }} left|thumb|Illustration of ''X. moniliformis'' fossil '''''Xyloiulus''''' is an extinct genus of millipede that lived during the Late Carboniferous which grew up to {{convert|2.25|in|cm}} in length. Fossils of the animal have been found in North America and Europe.<ref name="dk1">{{cite book | title=Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth | publisher=DK Publishing | author=Palmer, Douglas| year=2009 | location=New York City | isbn=9780756655730 | page=161 | edition=first American|display-authors=etal}}</ref> The fossils are typically found in Sigillarian stumps.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Haj53E9SCZYC|publisher = New York Academy of Sciences.|date = 1897-01-01|language = en|page = 3}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/rock-minerals/earthlab/specimen/fossil.dsml?name=Xyloiulussigillariae&Panel=8&Row=M&ColumnValue=6 Fossil image- Natural History Museum, London] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061009/http://nadiplochilo.com/fossil.html ''Xyloiulus'' fossils- NADIPLOCHILO.com]}}
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Category:Millipede genera Category:Prehistoric myriapod genera Category:Carboniferous myriapods Category:Carboniferous arthropods of Europe Category:Carboniferous arthropods of North America Category:Fossil taxa described in 1895 Category:Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia Category:Pennsylvanian animals of Europe Category:Pennsylvanian animals of North America
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