Genus: Hercynodon MARTIN, AVERIANOV, SCHULTZ, SCHWERMANN & WINGS, 2021
Etymology: Modern Latinised, sylva hercynia, for the Harz Mountain, and Greek, odon, "tooth."

Species: germanicus MARTIN, AVERIANOV, SCHULTZ, SCHWERMANN & WINGS, 2021
Etymology: From Germania, Latin name for the historical region in north-cenral Europe wehre present-day Germany is located.

Holotype: NLMH 105668

Locality: Langenberg Quarry, a working quarry of the "Rohstoffbetriebe Oker GmbH and Co." for cement and road gravel, southern slope of the Langenberg, 5 km east of Goslar near the Harz Mountians, Oker, near Goslar, Lower Saschen (Saxony) State, Germany.

Horizon: Langenberg Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Kimmeridgian Stage, Middle Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Left upper molar.

Referred material:

NLMH 105669: Right upper molar.

NLMH 105670: Left upper molar.

NLMH 105671: Left lower molar missing part of talonid.