Falcarius
Field photograph to come
Falcarius
DV-0573
- Lived
- 143 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Kirkland et al. 2005
Field notes
About Falcarius
Falcarius was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 143 to 133 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Falcarius, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Kirkland et al. in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
140 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Therizinosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. I. Kirkland, L. E. Zanno, and S. D. Sampson, J. M. Clark, D. D. DeBlieux. 2005. A primitive therizinosauroid dinsoaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah. Nature 435(3468):84-87