Although the material had been known for decades and written about in three separate publications, Antarctopelta oliveroi was not named until 2006, by Argentine paleontologists Leonardo Salgado and Zulma Gasparini.
Iako su ostaci bili poznati već desetljećima i napisane tri objave o njima, Antarctopelta oliveroi nije dobila naziv sve do 2006. godine, kad su joj naziv dali argentinski paleontolozi Leonardo Salgado i Zulma Gasparini.