Genus: Falcarius KIRKLAND, ZANNO, SAMPSON, CLARK & DEBILEUX,
2005
Etymology: Latin, falcarius, "sickle-maker."
Species: utahensis KIRKLAND, ZANNO, SAMPSON, CLARK & DEBILEUX,
2005
Etymology: In reference to Utah as the place of origin.
Holotype: UMNH VP 15000
Locality: Crystal Geyser Quarry, Suarez Site, Grand County, Utah.
Horizon: Basal Yellow Cat Member, Basal Cedar Mountain Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Buffalogapian Age, Barremian Stage, Lower Gallic Subepoch, Middle Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Partial braincase.
Referred material:
UMNH VP 14524, 14525: Partial frontals.
UMNH VP12368: Left ilium.
UMNH 12278, 12281: Right pectoral girdle.
UMNH 12294-96, 12300, 12302, 12304, 12306, 12308, 12310, 12312, 12316, 12320: Forelimb elements.
UMNH VP 123300-12342, 12352-12356: Reconstructed left foot.
UMNH VP 12405, 12407, 12409: Medial caudal vertebrae.
UMNH VP 12391: Chevron.
NESBITT, TURNER, SPAULDING, CONRAD & NORELL, 2009
Number: Not given: Furcula.
ZANO, 2006
UMNH VP 12279: Right scapula.
UMNH VP 12280: Left scapula.
UMNH VP 12281: Right scapula.
UMNH VP 12284: Right humerus.
UMNH VP 12287: Right ulna.
UMNH VP 12289: Right radius.
UMNH VP 12297, 12299, 12301, 12303, 12314, 12305, 12307, 12316, 12309, 12311, 12313 and 12320: Left manus elements.
ZANNO, 2010
UMNH VP 12364: Left astragalus.
UMNH VP 12365: Calcanium.
UMNH VP 12367: Distal fragment of a right fibula.
UMNH VP 12361: Right femur.
UMNH VP 12362: Left tibia.
UMNH VP 12375: Right ischium.
UMNH VP 12378: Second to fourth sacral vertebrae.
UMNH VP 12381, 12379, 12385: Cranial caudal vertbrae.
UMNH VP 12382: First sacral vertebra.
UMNH VP 12391, 12390, 12395, 12401, 12476: Chevrons.
UMNH VP 12408, 12418, 12426: Distal caudal vertebrae.
UMNH VP 12440: Caudal dorsal vertebra.
UMNH VP 12447: Distal tarsal III.
UMNH VP 12451: Distal tarsal IV.
UMNH VP 14526: Left maxilla.
UMNH VP 14528, 14529: Right dentaries.
UMNH VP 14529: Left pubis.
UMNH VP 14539: Left pubis.
UMNH VP 14540: Right pubis.
UMNH VP 14541: Left ischium.
UMNH VP 14534, 35: Cranial dorsal vertebrae.
UMNH VP 14536: 1st cervicodorsal vertebra.
UMNH VP 14567: Left postorbital.
UMNH VP 14550: Right quadrate.
UMNH VP 14657: Caudal cervical vertebra.
UMNH VP 14667: Right femur.
UMNH VP 14761: Furcula.
UMNH VP 14677: Atlas intercentrum of a juvenile.
UMNH VP 14700: Mid-cervical vertebra.
UMNH VP 14681, 16020: 2 caudal fragments of the right surangular.
UMNH VP 14691: 2nd cervicodorsal vertebra.
UMNH VP 16021, 16023: Teeth.
UMNH VP 16022: Left nasal.
Falcarius utahensis (modified from KIRKLAND, et al., 2005), UMNH VP composite