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.