Genus: Australochelys GAFFNEY & KITCHING, 1994
Etymology: Greek, asutralos, "south" and Greek, chelys, "turtle."

Species: africanus GAFFNEY & KITCHING, 1994
Etymology: Afracanus for Africa.
= Family: PROGANOCHELYDIDAE Gen sp indet RAATH, 1980

Holotype: Bernard Price Institute, BP/1/4933

Locality: Bormansdrift, Clocolan District, Map sheet 1: 50,000 2827 CD Mekoatlengsnek 28°57’33” S., 27°26’05” E (ref.1), Free (Orange Free) State, South Africa.

Horizon: Middle Elliot Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Tritylodon Acme-Zone.

Age: Hettangian Stage, earliest Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and a fragment from the bridge area of shell.