Saurorictus is an extinct genus of Late Permian captorhinid known from Western Cape Province of South Africa.

[1] Saurorictus is known from the holotype SAM PK-8666, three-dimensionally preserved nearly complete skull and few postcranial fragments.

It was found in the Leeukloof 43 farm in the Beaufort West District of the Western Cape Province and referred to the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone.

The generic name is derived from sauros, Greek for "lizard", and rictus, Latin for "display of teeth" or "smile", thus the meaning is "lizard-smile".

The specific name australis, meaning "southern", refers to the fact that this is the southernmost captorhinid to date.