Kyptoceratini is an extinct tribe of the subfamily Synthetoceratinae, deer-like mammals within the family Protoceratidae belonging to the order Artiodactyla, endemic to North America during the Miocene through Pliocene, living 23.03—3.6 Ma, existing for approximately 19.43 million years.

[1] Kyptoceratini is a sister taxa to Synthetoceratini.

Kyptoceratini was named by Webb (1981).

It was assigned to Synthetoceratinae by Webb (1981), Prothero (1998), Webb et al. (2003) and Prothero and Ludtke (2007).

[2][3][4][5] Kyptoceras (type genus), Syndyoceras