It was first named by Fernando E. Novas, Martin D. Ezcurra, Sankar Chatterjee and T. S. Kutty in 2011 and the type species is "Jaklapallisaurus asymmetrica".
Вид назван и описан в 2011 году Fernando Emilio Novas, Martin Ezcurra, Sankar Chatterjee и T. S. Kutty.