| Named By: | Z. Cheng & J. Li in 1997 | 
| Time Period: | Middle Permian, 270 Ma | 
| Location: | China - Xidagou Formation | 
| Size: | Skull roughly about 12 centimetres long | 
| Diet: | Carnivore | 
| Fossil(s): | Partial skull | 
| Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Dinocephalia | Anteosauridae | Anteosaurinae | | 
| Also known as: | | Stenocybus acidentatus | | 
Sinophoneus is an extinct genus of dinocephalian therapsid in the family Anteosauridae. A single fossilized skull (GMV 1601) has been found from the Middle Permian Xidagou Formation of China.