模式種是陸家屯纖細盜龍(G. lujiatunensis),是是在2004年由徐星及汪筱林所描述、命名。屬名在拉丁文意為「纖細的盜賊」;種名則是以化石發現處的陸家屯為名。正模標本(編號IVPP V 13474)是在中國遼寧省的北票市發現,包括了部份上頜骨、接近完整的前後肢、部份脊椎、及一些牙齒[1]。
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