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.