Genus: Progalesaurus SIDOR & SMITH, 2004
Etymology: Greek, pro, "before," Greek, gale, "weasel or cat" and Greek, sauros, "lizard or reptile": The combination of these roots refers to the antecedent nature of this taxon to the phylogenetically more derived and stratigraphically higher genus Galesaurus.

Species: lootsbergensis SIDOR & SMITH, 2004
Etymology: In reference to the New Lootsberg Pass, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; the locality from which the holotype was collected and Latin, ensis, "from or belonging to."

Holotype: SAM-PK-K9954

Locality: Coordinates South 31°50’34.4”, East 24°50’91.3”, New Lottsberg Pass, Tweefontein Farm (Lucerne 70), Graaff-Reinet District, Eastern Cap Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Paalingkloff Member, Balfour Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Biostratigraphy: Lowermost Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone.

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material: Nearly complete skull with lower jaws, right scapula, left atlantal neural arch and unidentified fragments.