"Amtocephale" was first named by Mahito Watabe, Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar and Robert M. Sullivan in 2011 and the type species is "Amtocephale gobiensis".
Вид был назван и описан в 2011 году "Mahito Watabe", "Khishigjaw Tsogtbataar" и "Robert Sullivan".