Parvicursor

small runner

• parvus · Latin · small
• cursor · Latin · runner

The name combines the Latin words for "small" and "runner". It refers to the tiny size of this theropod and to its slender, long-legged build, which suggests it was a fast runner. It is one of the smallest known non-avian dinosaurs.

Named by

Karhu and Rautian

Year named

1996

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Mongolia (Gobi Desert; Barun Goyot Formation)

A small alvarezsauroid theropod (Parvicursorinae). The type species is Parvicursor remotus. It is known from fragmentary remains, and the exact formation and stage are less certain than the rest of the entry.