2016年,馬丁尼茲、馬特·拉曼納(英语:Matt Lamanna)(Matthew Carl Lamanna)、費爾南多·諾瓦斯、萊恩·雷吉利(Ryan C. Ridgely)、加百列·卡索(Gabriel Andrés Casal)、哈維爾·馬丁尼茲(Javier E. Martínez)、哈維爾·維達(Javier R. Vita)和勞倫斯·惠特摩(Lawrence M. Witmer)命名並敘述了模式種穆氏薩米恩托龍(Sarmientosaurus musacchioi)。屬名取自發現地的薩米恩托鎮;種名紀念國立巴塔哥尼亞聖胡安博斯科大學(Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco)的教育家艾德瓦多·穆薩奇奧(Eduardo Musacchio)。生命科學識別碼(英语:Life Science Identifiers)(LSID)分別為:537DFE26-54EC-4978-AC86-E83A04FA74DE(屬)、C1090B8D-D051-44F3-B869-8B4A0C802176(種)。[3]
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