Genus: Trithelodon BROOM, 1912
Etymology: Greek, tri-,”three”, Greek, thele, “nipple, breast” and Greek, odon, “tooth”: Three nippled tooth.

Species: riconoi BROOM, 1912
Etymology:

Holotype: SAM 1885

Locality: Paballong, Mt. Fletcher, Free (Orange Free State) Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Red Beds, Upper Elliot Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Hettangian/Sinemurian Stage, Lower Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material: Fragment of skull.

Referred material:

GOW, 1980

SAM 2782: Right maxilla.