Fujianvenator prodigiosus was named by Xu et al. (2023). Its type specimen is IVPP V31985, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Yangyuan Village, Zhenghe, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian mire/swamp mudstone/tuff in the Nanyuan Formation of China. It is the type species of Fujianvenator.