Species: koupensis BOONSTRA, 1948
Etymology: In reference to Koup region of the Karroo, Between the Swartberg in the south and the Newveld Mountains in the north, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Holotype: SAM 11796

Locality: Deesweedfontein, Laingsburg, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Tapinocephalus zone.

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

Material: Skull.