Genus: Lycedops BROOM, 1935
Etymology: Greek, lykedon, “wolf-like”, Greek, ops, “face, appearance”: Wolf-like face.

Species: scholtzi BROOM, 1935
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Holotype: Kimberley Museum 4499

Locality: Abrahms Kraal, 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: Skull.