Genus: Tharosaurus BAJPAI, DATTA, PANDEY, GHOSH, KUMAR & BHATTACHARYA, 2023
Etymology: In reference to the 'Thar desert' of western India where the type specimen was found and Greek, saurus, "lizard."

Species: indicus BAJPAI, DATTA, PANDEY, GHOSH, KUMAR & BHATTACHARYA, 2023
Etymology: In reference to India, country origin.

Holotype: RWR-241

Locality: Jethwai Village, District Jaisalmer, Thar desert, Rajasthan State, Western India.

Horizon: Fort Member, Jaisalmer Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early-Middle Bathonian Stage, Middle Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material: Partial middle/posterior cervical vertebra, middle/posterior cervical anterior condyle and right prezzygapophyses, partial anterior dorsal neural arch, middle/posterior neurla spines, anterior dorsal rib, partial anterior and middle caudal vertebrae.