Parvicursor
Name:
Parvicursor
(Small runner).
Phonetic: Par-ve-kur-sor.
Named By: A. A. Karhu & A. S.
Rautian - 1996.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Alvarezsauridae.
Species: P. remotus (type).
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: About 39 centimetres long for the holotype.
Known locations: Mongolia - Barun Goyot
Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Several individuals.
Parvicursor is a genus of alvarezsaur known to have lived in Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous. Like with some relatives, Parvicursor had hands reduced to a single stubby horn which was likely used to punch holes into termite mounds so that an individual Parvicursor could feed upon the termites within.
Further reading
- A new family of Maniraptora (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the
Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. - Paleontological Journal
30(5):583-592. - A. A. Karhu & A. S.
Rautian - 1996.
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