Genus: Paranteosaurus BOONSTRA, 1954
Etymology: Greek, para, “near”, and Anteosaurus: Near Anteosaurus.

Species: primus BOONSTRA, 1954
Etymology: Latin, primus, "first."

Holotype: SAM 11485

Locality: Mynhardtskraal, Beaufort West, 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 skull, proximal end of femur and vertebrae.