Genus: Beishanodon GAO, FOX, ZHOU & LI, 2010
= Genus: Nova GAO & FOX, 2006
Etymology: In reference to Beishan Hills, northern Gansu Province, China, in which the type locality occurs, and Greek, odon, "tooth."

Species: youngi GAO, FOX, ZHOU & LI, 2010
Etymology: In honor of the late Chinese paleontologist C. C. Young, who named and described the first cynodont known from China.

Holoytype: PKUP V3007

Locality: Beishan Locality, Quarry-3, Beishan Hills, 41°56'739"N, 96°32'023"E, northern Gansu Province, China.

Horizon: Hongyanjiang Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Equivalent to the Cynognathus zone

Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.

Material: Well preserved skull.