| Named By: | Schmidt in 1927 | 
| Time Period: | Late Permian, 265.1-254.17 Ma | 
| Location: | South Africa - Teekloof Formation | 
| Size: | Unavailable | 
| Diet: | Carnivore | 
| Fossil(s): | Partial remains | 
| Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Cynodontia | Epicynodontia | Galesauridae | | 
Cynosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid. Remains have been found from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone in South Africa.