Species: cyniscus BOONSTRA, 1953
Etymology:
Holotype: SAM 11888
Locality: Vindragersfontein, Beaufort West, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Lower 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: Nearly complete skull, parts of pectoral girdle, humerus, radius,
ulna and part of manus.