"Zuolong" was named by Jonah N. Choiniere, James M. Clark, Catherine A. Forster and Xu Xing in 2010, and the type species is "Zuolong salleei".
Как новый род и вид описан в 2010 году Jonah N. Choiniere, James M. Clark, Catherine A. Forster и Xu Xing.