 After negotiations, Escuillié consented to the fossil being returned to the Mongolian authorities.The type species "Halszkaraptor escuilliei" was in 2017 named and described by Andrea Cau, Vincent Beyrand, Dennis F. A. E. Voeten, Vincent Fernandez, Paul Tafforeau, Koen Stein, Rinchen Barsbold, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Philip John Currie, and Pascal Godefroit.The generic name combines a reference to the late Polish paleontologist Halszka Osmólska, who was involved in many expeditions to Mongolia and named the closely related "Hulsanpes", with Latin "raptor", "robber".