The Jaklapallisaurus holotype specimen, ISI R274, consists of postcranial material which was collected from the Upper Maleri Formation (late Norian–earliest Rhaetian) of the Pranhita–Godavari Basin.

ISI R279, a partially complete right femur which was collected from the Lower Dharmaram Formation (latest Norian–Rhaetian) was originally referred to Jaklapallisaurus.

[2] The generic name is derived from the Indian town of Jaklapalli which is close to the type locality.

[2] The Jaklapallisaurus fossil material was found along with the guaibasaurid sauropodomorph Nambalia and two basal dinosauriforms.

[2] In their 2023 description of the osteology of Jaklapallisaurus, Ezcurra et al. performed a phylogenetic analysis of bagualosaurians, recovering it as the sister taxon to Macrocollum, in a clade also containing Unaysaurus, called Unaysauridae.