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Chilognatha is a subclass of the class Diplopoda, which includes the vast majority of extant millipedes, about 12,000 species.

Taxonomy

The classification of Chilognatha presented below is based on Shear, 2011, and Shear & Edgecombe, 2010 The placement and positions of extinct groups (†) known only from fossils is tentative and not fully resolved. After each name is listed the author citation: the name of the person who coined the name or defined the group, even if not at the current rank.

Subclass Chilognatha Latrielle, 1802
Order †Zosterogrammida Wilson, 2005 (Chilognatha incertae sedis)
Infraclass Pentazonia Brandt, 1833
Order †Amynilyspedida Hoffman, 1969
Superorder Limacomorpha Pocock, 1894
Order Glomeridesmida Cook, 1895
Superorder Oniscomorpha Pocock, 1887
Order Glomerida Brandt, 1833
Order Sphaerotheriida Brandt, 1833
Infraclass Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887
Superorder †Archipolypoda Scudder, 1882
Order †Archidesmida Wilson & Anderson 2004
Order †Cowiedesmida Wilson & Anderson 2004
Order †Euphoberiida Hoffman, 1969
Order †Palaeosomatida Hannibal & Krzeminski, 2005
Order †Pleurojulida Schneider & Werneburg, 1998 (possibly sister to Colobognatha)
Superorder Nematophora Verhoeff, 1913
Order Callipodida Pocock, 1894
Order Chordeumatida Pocock 1894
Order Stemmiulida Cook, 1895
Order Siphoniulida Cook, 1895
Superorder Merocheta Cook, 1895
Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887