Genus: Elliotherium SIDOR & HANCOX, 2006
Etymology: In reference to the Elliot Formation, and Greek, therion, "beast."
Species: kerstenae emend SIDOR & HANCOX,
2006
Etymology: In honor of Mrs. Olga Kersten, farm owner and discover of the fossil.
= Ellotherium kersteani SIDOR & HANCOX,
2006
(Note: The authors used the wrong Latin ending for honoring
a woman, it is not "i" it is "ae").
Holotype: BP/1/6106
Locality: Farm Beatrix, (coordinates 28°33.233'S, 27°57.816E, Rosendal District, Free (Orange Free) State Province, South Africa.
Horizon: Lower part of the Elliot Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Euskelosaurus Range Zone.
Age: Late Carnian or Early Norian Stage, Upper Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Partial skull lackign tip of snout, occiput and mandible.