Genus: Ictidodon BROOM, 1925
Etymology: Greek, iktid - (iktis), "ferret" and Greek, odon, tooth: Ferret tooth.

Species: agilis BROOM, 1925
Etymology: Latin, agilis, "agile, nimble, quick."

Holotype:

Locality: Biesjespoort, Beaufort West, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Pristerognathus Assemblage zone (Diictodon-Pristerognathus Assemblage zone, Tapinocephalus zone of WATSON 1914, KITCHING, 1970,1977)

Age: Early Tatarian age, Guadelupian Stage, Middle Zeichstein Epoch, Middle Permian.

Material: Imperfect skull.