Dong Zhiming
The genus was formalized by Zhao Xijin in 1986. The generic name refers to Markam County, also known as "Monko". Zhao at the time gave neither a description, meaning the name remained a "nomen nudum", nor a specific name. The latter was provided in 1986 when the type species "Monkonosaurus lawulacus" was named, the epithet referring to the Lawushan, the Lawu mountains. The first description was provided in 1990 by Dong Zhiming.