Sinokannemeyeria yingchiaoensis was named by Sun (1963). Its type specimen is IVPP V 974, a partial skeleton (Complete skull, lower jaws, 16 vertebrae, pectoral girdles and forelimbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ta-Yang-Po, 56175, which is in an Anisian terrestrial claystone in the Ermaying Formation of China.