Yueosaurus tiantaiensis was named by Zheng et al. (2012). Its type specimen is ZMNH M8620, a set of postcrania (Consists of a partial postcranial skeleton including six posterior cervical vertebrae, five anterior dorsal vertebrae, two middle dorsal vertebrae, nine c), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Construction site, G15w Expressway (Shangsan), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian lacustrine - small sandstone in the Liangtoutang Formation of China.