Genus: Luopingosaurus XU, SHANG, WANG, REN, LEI, LIAO, ZHAO & LI, 2023
Etymology: In reference to Luoping County, at which the fossil site is located, and Latin, saurus, "lizard."
Species: imparilis XU, SHANG, WANG, REN, LEI, LIAO, ZHAO & LI, 2023
Etymology: Latin, imparilis, "peculiar and unusual".
Holotype: IVPP V19049
Locality: Luoping, Yunnan Province, China.
Horizon: Second (Upper) Member, Guanling Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Pelsonian, Anisian Stage, Early Mid Triassic Epoch, Early Middle Triassic.
Material: Complete skull and nearly complete skeleton lacking tip of tail.