Full reference: S. Modesto, B. Rubidge, I. Visser and J. Welman. 2003. A new basal dicynodont from the Upper Permian of South Africa. Palaeontology 46:211-223
Parent taxon: Dicynodontia according to C. F. Kammerer and K. D. Angielczyk 2009
Sister taxa: Angonisaurus, Brachyprosopus, Brachyuraniscus, Broilius, Cerataelurus, Compsodon, Dicynodontidae, Dicynodontipus, Diictodontia, Diictodontidae, Dolichuranus, Emydorhinus, Endothiodontia, Endothiodontidae, Eodicynodon, Eodicynodontia, Eodicynodontidae, Eosimops, Eumantelliidae, Gordonia, Haughtoniana, Heuneus, Kannemeyeriidae, Kannemeyeriiformes, Katumbia, Kingoridae, Koupia, Newtonella, Parringtoniella, Pentasauropus, Pristerodontia, Pristerodontoidea, Pylaecephalidae, Rhinodicynodon, Shansiodontidae, Stahleckeriidae, Therapsipus, Therochelonia, Venjukoviamorpha
Subtaxa: Colobodectes cluveri
Ecology: herbivore