Gobiates dzhyrakudukensis was named by Ročec and Nessov (1993). Its type specimen is LU-N6/341, a maxilla (posterior part of the maxilla with the postorbital process broken off), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CBI-14, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.