Genus: Sinosaurosphargis LI, RIEPPEL, WU, ZHAO, & WANG, 2011
Etymology: Latin, sino-, “Chinese”, Greek, sauro-, "saurian" and Greek, sphargis, "turtle-like"
(Sphargis is a junior synonym of Dermochelys; Merrem, 1820).
Species: yunguiensis LI, RIEPPEL, WU, ZHAO, & WANG, 2011
Etymology: 'yunguiensis,' from Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces, southwestern China.
Holotype: IVPP V 17040
Locality: Yangmazhai, Luoping County, Yunnan Province, southwestern China.
Horizon: Member 2, Guanling Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Pelsonian, Anisian Stage, Lower Mid Triassic Epoch, Lower Middle Triassic.
Material: Skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Paratype:
IVPP V 16076: Fragmentary skeleton.