Genus: Chusaurus LIU, CHENG, STUBBS, MOON, BENTON, YAN & TIAN, 2023
Etymology: In reference to teh Chu Kingdom in Chinese history, which dominated around teh area of teh fossil site and Latin, saurus, "lizard."

Species: xiangensis LIU, CHENG, STUBBS, MOON, BENTON, YAN & TIAN, 2023
Etymology: In reference to Xiangyang City where the fossil was discovered.

Holotype: WGSC V 1901

Locality: Songshugou Village, Nanzhang County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, P.R. China.

Horizon: Member II, Jialingjian Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Olenekian, Spathian Stage, Scythian Epoch, Late Early Triassic.

Material: A nearly complete skeleton lacking some cranial and cervical vertebral elements.

Referred material:

WGSC V 1702: An articulated skeleton preserving part of the cranial and incomplete postcranial regions, lacking some cervical, shoulder girdle, appendicular, and posterior caudal elements.