Genus: Minicynodon BONAPARTE, SCHULTZ, SOARES & MARTINELLI, 2010
Etymology: In reference to its small size.
Species: maieri BONAPARTE, SCHULTZ, SOARES & MARTINELLI, 2010
Etymology: In honor of Wolfgang Maier, an investigator from the Dberhard-Karls-Unifersitat
Tubingne, Germany.
Holotype: UFRGS-PV-1030-T
Locality: Linha Sao Luiz Locality, an abandoned quarry located 1.5 km northwest of downtown do Soturno Faxinal, 53°30'23"E, 29°34'08"S, near Barrio Santo Antonino, Faxinal do Soturno, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.
Horizon: Caturrita Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Icidosaur Assemblage Zone.
Age: Adamanian, Lower Coloradian age, Late Carnian-Early Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Skull and dentary.