The holotype specimen (IVPP V14474) consists of a left dentary, one cervical and several dorsal and caudal vertebrae, both scapulae, some pelvic bones and the hind limbs. C. H. Ye mentioned this specimen in 1975 under the name "Chinshakiangosaurus chunghoensis" (after the Yangtze River and the village Zhonghe). However, because he did not provide a description of the fossils, the name was a "nomen nudum" (nacked name) until Dong Zhiming published a short description in 1992. Since then, the authorship is correctly cited as ""Chinshakiangosaurus chunghoensis" Ye "vide" Dong, 1992".