Genus: Pelictosuchus BROOM, 1940
Etymology: Greek, pelos, “mud, clay”, Greek, iktid- (iktis), “ferret” and Greek, soukhos, “crocodile”: Mud ferret crocodile.

Species: paucidens BROOM, 1940
Etymology:

Holotype: RC 31

Locality: Wellwood, Graaff Reinet District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy: Cistecephalus zone.

Age: Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.

Material: Fragmentary skull.