Family Cordylidae Gray 1837 (spinytail lizard)
PaleoDB taxon number: 37965
Synonym: Zonuridae Gray 1838 (taxon 359891)
Parent taxon: Scincoidea according to R. A. Pyron et al. 2013
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
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