Genus: Ganzhousaurus WANG, SUN, SULLIVAN, & XU, 2013
Etymology: In reference to the city of Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China and Greek, sauros, "lizard."

Species: nankangensis WANG, SUN, SULLIVAN, & XU, 2013
Etymology: In reference to Nankang County, Jiangxi Province, China, where the specimen was found.

Holotype: SDM 20090302

Locality: Near the city of Ganzhou, Nankang County, Jiangxi Province, China.

Horizon: Nanxiong Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Uppermost Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Incomplete mandible, three articulated posterior caudal vertebrae, left partial ilium, midshaft portion of right tibia, and nearly complete articulated pes (including metatarsals I-III, phalanges I-1, I-2, II-1, II-2, III-1 and IV-1, and parts of phalanges II-3, III-2, and IV-2).