Genus: Microtelodon BROOM, 1936
Etymology: Greek, mikros, “small”, Greek, thele, ”breast, nipple” and Greek, odon, “tooth”: Small nipple tooth.
= Microthelodon ROMER, 1966 (sic)

Species: parvus BROOM, 1936
Etymology: Latin, parvus, "little, small."
= Thelegnathus parvus BROOM, 1905

Holotype: SAM 5874

Locality: Aliwal North, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.

Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone.

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material: Maxilla with five molars.