Genus: Kitchingnathus CISNEROS, 2008
Etymology: In honor of the late James W. Kitching, a prominent South African
palaeontologist and collector of the specimen, and Greek, gnathus, "mandible."
Species: untabeni CISNEROS, 2008
Etymology: An isiZulu term meaning "from the hill", a reference to
the locailty where the fossil was collected.
Holotype: BP/1/1187
Locality: Hobbs Hill (Windvogelsbrg), west of Cathcart, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Horizon: Middle-upper Kathberg Formation, Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup.
Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone.
Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.
Material: Skull and partial skeleton.