Subfamily Cordylinae Mertens 1937 (spinytail lizard)
Reptilia - Squamata - Cordylidae
Parent taxon: Cordylidae according to E. L. Stanley et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Bavaricordylus, Eocordyla, Konkasaurus, Palaeocordylus, Platysaurinae, Pseudolacerta
Subtaxa: Chamaesaura Cordylus Hemicordylus Karusasaurus Namazonurus Ninurta Ouroborus Pseudocordylus Smaug
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Kromndraai B - Layer 1 (Pliocene of South Africa)