Genus: Garzapelta REYES, MARTZ & SMALL, 2024
Etymology: In reference to Garza County in Texas, where the type specime was discovered and Latin, pelta, "shield": alluding to the carapace that characterizes aetosaurs.

Species: muelleri REYES, MARTZ & SMALL, 2024
Etymology: In honor and memory of Bill D. Mueller for his many contributions to Texas Triassic paleontology and his early work on the aetosaur project.

Holotype: TTU-P 10449

Locality: MOTT 3882 (UU Sand Creek Locality), Garza County, Texas.

Horizon: Middle Cooper Canyon Formation (= Trujillo Formation), Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Latest Adamanian or earliest Revuletian holochron, Middle Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: An associated skeleton preserving several paramedian and lateral osteoderms from the cervical to caudal regions, trunk ribs adn a fragmentary podial.