Species: kaijiangensis Li, 1998 (Type)
= Datousaurus gashanensis DONG & TANG, 1984 (partim)
Etymology:

Holotype: KM 20100

Locality: Dashanpu, Zigong City, Sichuan (Szechwan) Province, China.

Horizon: Xaishaximiao Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Bathonian-Callovian Stage, Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material: 6 cervical, and 8 dorsal vertebrae, incomplete left scapula, right humerus, proximal ulna, sacral rib, right ilium, right femur, right tibia, and right fibula.

Paratype:

KM 201003: A few caudal vertebrae.
Note: Orginally referred to Datousaurus gashanensis DONG & TANG, 1984.