Sauropodomorph remains were first discovered in North America in 1818, when some large bones were discovered by Mr. Solomon Ellsworth while excavating a well in East Windsor, Connecticut.
The Los Colorados Formation was interpreted as an ancient floodplain and it home to several types of early sauropodomorph dinosaurs (including Riojasaurus, Coloradisaurus, Coloradia, Strenusaurus and Lessemsaurus), all of which shared the same paleoenvironment with Zupaysaurus.