Parvicursor

Parvicursor
Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
A reconstruction of Parvicursor sitting on a nest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Alvarezsauridae
Subfamily: Parvicursorinae
Genus: Parvicursor
Karhu & Rautian, 1996
Species:
P. remotus
Binomial name
Parvicursor remotus
Karhu & Rautian, 1996
Synonyms

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.