| Named By: | Jaci Antonio Louzada Tupi Caldas in 1936 | 
| Time Period: | Middle Triassic-Late Triassic | 
| Location: | Argentina, Brazil and Germany | 
| Size: | Up to 2.4 meters long | 
| Diet: | Herbivore | 
| Fossil(s): | Many individuals, including remains of juveniles | 
| Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Anomodontia | Dicynodontia | Kannemeyeriidae | | 
| Also known as: | | Dinodontosaurus oliveirai | | 
Dinodontosaurus (meaning "terrible-toothed lizard") is a genus of dicynodont therapsid. It was one of the largest herbivores of the Triassic (about 2.4 m long and weighing a few hundred pounds) and had a beak corneum. It lived in the Middle Triassic but disappeared in the Upper Triassic.