Parvicursor | |
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An artist's illustration of Parvicursor remotus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Alvarezsauridae |
Genus: | †Parvicursor Karhu & Rautian, 1996 |
Species: | †P. remotus |
Binomial name | |
†Parvicursor remotus Karhu & Rautian, 1996 |
Parvicursor is an Alvarezsaur from late Cretaceous Mongolia. It was 12 inches (30 ) and weighed about 5 lbs. Known from a partial skeleton, this is a small relative of Shuvuuia and Mononykus.