| Named By: | B. S. Rubidge, C. A. Sidor & S. P. Modesto in 2006 |
| Time Period: | Middle Permian |
| Location: | South Africa - Koonap Formation |
| Size: | Skull about 35 centimetres long, Total length roughly estimated at about 2 meters |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Partial skull |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Biarmosuchia | Burnetiidae | |
Pachydectes is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsid from the Middle Permian of South Africa.