| Named By: | van Hoepen in 1917 | 
| Time Period: | Early Triassic | 
| Location: | South Africa - Normandien Formation | 
| Size: | Unavailable | 
| Diet: | Carnivore | 
| Fossil(s): | Partial remains | 
| Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Cynodontia | | 
Platycraniellus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid. It is a cynodont from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone.