Genus: Kinyang BROCHU, de CELIS, ADAMS, DRUMHELLER, NESLER, BENEFIT, GROSSMAN, KIERA, LEHMANN, LIUTKUS-PIERCE, MANTHI, McCROSSIN, McNULT & JUMA, 2022
Etymology: Nilotic language, Kinyang, "crocodile" and western Kenya, such as akinyang (Turkana), nayang (Dholuo), kino (bari), Ikinyang (Samburu), and lkinian (Maa).

Species: maobokoensis BROCHU, de CELIS, ADAMS, DRUMHELLER, NESLER, BENEFIT, GROSSMAN, KIERA, LEHMANN, LIUTKUS-PIERCE, MANTHI, McCROSSIN, McNULT & JUMA, 2022
Etymology: In reference to the Maboko Formation, Miocene.

Holotype: KNM-MB 29176

Locality: Maboko Island, Kenya.

Horizon: Maboko Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic.

Material: Skull and jaws.

Referred material:

KNM-MB 21977: Left articular.

KNM-MB 25727: Partial right squamosal.

KNM-MB 25729: Partial left postorbital.

KNM-MB 25747: Frontal.

KNM-MB 25748: Right nasal.

KNM-MB 25749: Left premaxilla.

KNM-MB 25752: Frontal.

KNM-MB 25756: Partial left surangular.

KNM-MB 25757: Right maxilla.

KNM-MB 28136: Right prefrontal.

KNM-MB 28143: Left dentary.

KNM-MB 83205: Right articular.

KNM-MB 25747, 25748 adn 25749 might be associated.