†family Cymatosauridae von Huene (diapsid)
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Cymatosauridae
Parent taxon: Eosauropterygia according to O. Rieppel 1997
See also Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Rieppel 2000 and Young 1965
Sister taxa: Corosaurus, Dawazisaurus, Diandongosaurus, Hispaniasaurus, Majiashanosaurus, Nothosauridae, Nothosauroidea, Nothosaurus picardi, Pachypleurosauria, Pachypleurosauroidea, Pistosauroidea, Qianxisaurus, Wumengosaurus
Subtaxa: Tanaisosaurus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lipovskaya gully (Donskaya Luka) (Triassic of Russian Federation)