Genus: Eoarctops HAUGHTON, 1929
Etymology: Greek, eos, “dawn” + Arctops: Dawn Arctops.

Species: vanderbyli HAUGHTON, 1929
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Holotype: SAM-PK-5598

Locality: Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert Distict, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Tapinocephalus zone (Dinocephalian zone KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, KEYSER & SMITH, 1977-78, Lower Tapinocephalus zone, KITCHING, 1970, 1977, WATSON, 1914).

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

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary dentary.