# Xyloiulus

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{{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](/source/Syntype) of ''X. mazonus'' ([USNM](/source/USNM) 38036)
| taxon = Xyloiulus
| authority = Cook, 1895
| type_species = ''Xyloiulus sigillariae''
| type_species_authority = ([Dawson](/source/John_William_Dawson)), 1860
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''Xyloiulus bairdi'' <small>[Hoffman](/source/Richard_Lawrence_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](/source/Extinction) [genus](/source/genus) of [millipede](/source/millipede) that lived during the [Late Carboniferous](/source/Pennsylvanian_(geology)) 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](/source/Dorling_Kindersley) | 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>

==References==
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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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