Parvicursor
| Parvicursor Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous | |
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| Genus: | Parvicursor Karhu & Rautian 1996 |
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P. remotus Karhu & Rautian 1996 (type) | |
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 | change source]- ↑ Which was the smallest dinosaur? Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Royal Tyrrell Museum. Last accessed 2008-05-23.
