Dinosauria›Reptilia
Falcarius Falcarius utahensis Kirkland et al. 2005
/fælkˈɛɹɪəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · 143.1–132.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Utah
Formation
Cedar Mountain
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Falcarius utahensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 143.1–132.6 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Utah, United States. It was named by Kirkland et al. 2005. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Falcarius utahensis sits in deep time
Falcarius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Falcarius utahensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.