Parvicursor
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| Parvicursor Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | Alvarezsauridae |
| Genus: | Parvicursor Karhu & Rautian 1996 |
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P. remotus Karhu & Rautian 1996 (type) |
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Parvicursor (meaning "small runner") is a genus of tiny maniraptoran dinosaur with long slender legs for fast running. At only about 39 cm (~15 in) from snout to end of tail, and 162 grams (5.7 ounces) in weight, it is one of the smallest non-avian dinosaurs known from an adult specimen.[1]
References [change]
- ↑ Which was the smallest dinosaur? Royal Tyrrell Museum. Last accessed 2008-05-23.
