Panguraptor lufengensis was named by You et al. (2014) [A coelophysid theropod with the unique combination of the following three character states (autapomorphies marked with *): 1*) diagonal (rostrodorsalcaudoventral) ridge on lateral surface of maxilla, within antorbital fossa; 2) elliptical, laterally facing fenestra caudodorsal to diagonal ridge mentioned in previous character state, also present in Zupaysaurus rougieri (Ezcurra 2006); 3*) distal tarsal IV with hooked craniomedial corner.]. Its type specimen is LFGT-0103, a partial skeleton (articulated partial skeleton that includes the skull and lower jaw, the presacral vertebral column, part of the ribs, the right scapula and partial right foreli), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shawan, Lufeng, which is in a Hettangian terrestrial sandstone in the Lufeng Formation of China.