Genus: Dinocynodon BROOM, 1929
Etymology: Greek, deinos, “terrible” and Greek, kynodon, “canine tooth”: Terrible canine tooth.

Species: dubius BROOM, 1929
Etymology: Latin, dubius, "doubtful."
= Titanosuchus dubius (BROOM, 1929)
= Jonkeria dubius (BROOM, 1929)

Holotype: SAM 2759

Locality: Platfontein of Abrahams kraal, Prince Albert, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Tapinocephalus zone.

Age: Early Tatarian age, Guadelupian Stage, Middle Zeichstein Epoch, Middle Permian.

Material: Fragmentary dentary.