Parvicursor
Sign in to saveParvicursor (meaning "small runner") 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.
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Parvicursor (meaning "small runner") 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.
== Discovery and naming == The holotype PIN no. 4487/25, mostly consisting of vertebrae, the pelvis and the right hindlimb, was discovered in 1992 and described in 1996. It was discovered in Barun Goyot Formation of Khulsan, Mongolia, dated at approximately 72 million years old.