Lupaceradotus useviaensis was named by Gottfried et al. (2009). Its type specimen is RRBP 04289, a tooth (upper left (pterygoid) toothplate and portion of pterygoid bone), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TZ-22, which is in an Aptian/Cenomanian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Galula Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Lupaceradotus.