Genus: Shanyangosaurus XUE, ZHANG & BI, 1999 (in XUE, ZHANG, BI, YUE & CHEN, 1996)
Etymology: In reference to where the specimen was found, Shanyang, Shansi Province, China and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Shanyang lizard.

Species: niupanggouensis XUE, ZHANG & BI, 1999 (in XUE, ZHANG, BI, YUE & CHEN, 1996)
Etymology: In reference to where the specimen was found, Niupanggou, Shanyang, Shansi Province, China.

Holotype: NWUV111

Locality: Niupanggou, Shanyang, Intermontane Basin, Eastern part of Qinling, Shansi (Shanxi) Province, China.

Horizon: Shanyang Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material: A left scapula, left and right humerus, a sacrum, right femur, right tibia, left and right 4th metatarsals, and part of a phalange and claw.

Note: Breakdown as follows.

NWUV111.1: Fragmentary left scapula.

NWUV111.2: Humerus.

NWUV111.4: Right femur.

NWUV111.5: Right tibia.

NWUV111.6: 4th metatarsal.

NWUV111.8: Distal end of a phalange.

NWUV111.9: Fragment of sacrum.

NWUV111.10: Proximal end of a phalange.

NWUV111.11: Ungual.