Species: chengjiangensis ZHANG, 1985
Etymology:

Holotype: ChM V 218

Locality: Chenjiang Commune of Chongqing, Sichuan Province, China.

Horizon: Fresh water deposit.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Jurassic.

Material: A fragmentary mandible, 18 vertebrae including 10 cervicals, 4 dorsals, 4 caudals, a left scapula and a coracoid, a right clavicle, a right femur and a right tibia.

Yuzhoupliosaurus chengjiangensis after ZHANG, 1985, Holotype: ChM V 218: A) Dorsal view of dentary; B-C) Dorsal vertebrae and D-E) Cervical vertebrae.