Falcarius

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Falcarius (meaning "sickle cutter") is a genus of primitive therizinosaurian theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Early Cretaceous period in what is now North America. Its remains were first collected in the Cedar Mountain Formation in 1999, with subsequent findings made during the 2000s. The genus contains two species. The type species, Falcarius utahensis, was named in 2005 and is known from multiple specimens ranging from immature to fully-grown individuals. The second species, Falcarius suarezarum, was first placed in the distinct genus Geminiraptor in 2010 and identified as a troodontid based on a single jaw bone. Later research based on many more fossils from that site indicated the bones instead belong to a therizinosaur very similar to F. utahensis. Falcarius was a 4 m (13 ft) long bipedal herbivore with a small head and an elongated neck and tail. Unlike advanced therizinosaurs, Falcarius had a propubic pelvis and three-toed feet with a reduced hallux (first digit). Falcarius...

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