Genus
Valid Extinct

Parvicursor

Karhu and Rautian 1996

Parvicursor is a genus of very small alvarezsaurid maniraptoran dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period of Mongolia. It had long, slender legs adapted for fast running.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Parvicursor
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A reconstruction of Parvicursor sitting on its nest. © PaleoEquii · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Alvarezsauria Infraorder
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Alvarezsauroidea Unranked clade
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Alvarezsauridae Family
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Parvicursorinae Subfamily
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Parvicursor Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Baruungoyot
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Parvicursor remotus 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. A. Karhu and A. S. Rautian. 1996. A new family of Maniraptora (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30(5):583-592
Bibliography (1)
A. A. Karhu and A. S. Rautian. 1996. A new family of Maniraptora (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30(5):583-592