Reptilia - Squamata - Cordylidae
Synonym: Zonuridae Gray 1838
Parent taxon: Scincoidea according to R. A. Pyron et al. 2013
See also Böhme 2010, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Estes 1983, Estes et al. 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Gao and Fox 1996, Krause et al. 2003, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lee and Caldwell 2000, Perrier 1928 and Seiffert 1975
Sister taxa: Carusia, Cordyliformes, Dakotaseps, Dimekodontosaurus, Eoxanta, Estescincosaurus, Feyliniidae, Foliesaurus, Gerrhosauridae, Globaura, Hymenosaurus, Myrmecodaptria, Ornatocephalus, Paramacellodidae, Parmeosaurus, Pyrenasaurus, Scincidae, Scincoideus, Tepexisaurus, Webbsaurus, Xantusiidae
Subtaxa: Bavaricordylus Cordylinae Eocordyla Konkasaurus Palaeocordylus Platysaurinae Pseudolacerta
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1 collection)
• Turolian of Greece (3)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Czechia (2), Germany (3), Switzerland (1)
• Oligocene of France (7)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (14), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), Madagascar (1), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 40 collections including 57 occurrences