Genus: Lophorhinus SIDOR & SMITH, 2007
Etymology: Greek, lophos, "crest, comb" and Greek, rhinos, "nose:: Crest nose.
Species: willodenensis SIDOR & SMITH, 2007
Etymology: In reference to the Willodene farm, Western Cape Province, South Africa, on which the specimen was discovered,
and Latin, ensis, "place or locality."
Holotype: SAM-PK-K6655
Locality: Farm Willodene, which is part of Beato 238, 32°12'55"South, 21°36'46"E, in Teekloof Pass between the towns of Leeu Gamka and Fraserburg, Beaufort West District, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Horizon: Hoedemaker member, Middle Teekloof Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Tropidostoma zone.
Age: Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.
Material: Anterior half of skull lacking lower jaws and most of palate.
Referred material:
= cf. Lophorhinus willodenensis DUHAMEL, BENOIT, DAY, RUBIDGE & FERNANDEZ, 2021
Locality: Farm Reiersvlei, Beaufort West District, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Horizon: Poortjie Member, Teekloof Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Presumably the Lycosuchus-Eunotosaurus Subzone, Endothiodon AZ.
Age: Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.
Material:
SAM-PK-K11126: Snout with an almost complete palate, a fragment of the pineal region, a fragment of the occiput around the foramen magnum, and fragments of lower jaw, 11 vertebrae (dorsal and sacral), and the pelvis preserved in articulation, the proximal epiphysis of a femur, one indeterminate long bone diaphysis, and 3 indeterminate bone fragments.