| Named By: | Sidney H. Haughton in 1924 |
| Time Period: | Early Jurassic, 197 Ma |
| Location: | South Africa, Cape Province - Elliot Formation |
| Size: | Estimates about 1.2 meters long |
| Diet: | Herbivore/omnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Partial skulls, dentaries and teeth |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Heterodontosauridae | Heterodontosaurinae | |
| Also known as: | | Lanasaurus | |
Lycorhinus is a genus of heterodontosaurid ornithischian dinosaur hailing from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian to Sinemurian ages) strata of the Elliot Formation located in the Cape Province, South Africa.