The ichnogenus contains two named ichnospecies, N. koreanensis and N. innovatus, representing the first lizard trackway reported from the Cretaceous period.

The ichnogenus Neosauroides means "new reptile" due to its novelty for being the only known lizard trackway from the Cretaceous period at the time of its initial description, and the type ichnospecies N. koreanensis from the Haman Formation is named in reference to Korea.

[1] The authors also considered the other lizard ichnotaxon from the Hasandong Formation (Aptian) of South Korea, Sauripes hadongensis, as a potential nomen dubium due to insufficient description and problematic holotype designation, which would make Neosauroides to be the only valid Cretaceous lizard ichnotaxon.

[1] In 2021, Weems suggested that Neosauroides represents skink tracks based on an isolated footprint identified as N. isp.

[4] As of 2024, the oldest known skink Electroscincus zedi is reported from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber,[5] slightly younger than the Albian-aged Haman and Jinju Formation.