Parvicursor

Parvicursor
Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous, 72 Ma
A reconstruction of Parvicursor sitting on a nest
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Alvarezsauridae
Subfamily: Parvicursorinae
Genus: Parvicursor
Karhu & Rautian, 1996
Species:
P. remotus
Binomial name
Parvicursor remotus
Karhu & Rautian, 1996
Synonyms

Parvicursor (meaning "small runner") is a genus of tiny maniraptoran dinosaur with long slender legs for fast running.[3]

  1. ^ Averianov AO, Lopatin AV (2022). "A re-appraisal of Parvicursor remotus from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia: implications for the phylogeny and taxonomy of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaurs". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (16): 1097–1128. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.2013965. S2CID 247222017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dyke2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Parvicursor from Palaeos (technical)