Genus: Protocaptorhinus CLARK & CARROLL, 1973
Etymology: Greek, proteros, “first” and Captorhinus: First captorhinid.

Species: pricei CLARK & CARROLL, 1973
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Referred material:

= Pleuristion brachycoelus CASE, 1902
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Holotype: KU 351a

Locality: 100 feet below Wellington-Garber contact, from 2 miles northeast of Orlando, SE 1/4, sec. 31, T20N, R1W, Logan County, Oklahoma.

Horizon: Willington Formation (Garber Formation), Summer Group, Arbuckle limestone, (Probably equivalent to the Arroyo Formation of Texas).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Leonardian, Hessian, Lower Artinskian Stage, Lower Rotliegendes Epoch, Early Permian.

UCLA VP 3621: Partial skull, skeleton and dermal scales.