Parvicursor
Parvicursor was a tiny, speedy dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. It ran on long, slender legs and probably chased after small insects. It was one of the smallest adult dinosaurs ever found, about the size of a chicken.1
Yoom jiraate?
Hammam guddaa ture?
Hammam dheeraa ture?
Hammam ulfaataa ture?
SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu, Parvicursor hammam guddaa ture?
Herrega qofa barbaadduu kee keessatti. Wanti tokkollee hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.
Hammam saffisaa ture?
Odeeffannoowwan bashannansiisoo
Parvicursor had a single large claw on each hand, which it may have used to tear open termite mounds or dig for food.1
Its name means 'small runner', and it was built for speed with long, slender legs.1
Scientists think Parvicursor was a juvenile, not a full-grown adult, because its bones show it was still growing.1
It lived about 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1
Some scientists think that Linhenykus and Ceratonykus might actually be the same animal as Parvicursor.1

Gaaffiiwwan waa'ee Parvicursor baay'ee gaafataman
?How big was Parvicursor?
It was about 39 centimetres long from snout to tail tip and weighed about 162 grams, about the size of a chicken.1
?What did Parvicursor eat?
It probably ate small insects and may have used its single large claw to tear open termite mounds or dig for food.1
?Was Parvicursor a dinosaur?
Yes, it was a very small alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period.1
?How fast could Parvicursor run?
Nobody knows its exact speed, but its name means 'small runner' and it had long, slender legs built for fast running.1
Seenaa sobaa diigaa
Seenaa sobaa: People often think Parvicursor was a bird because it was tiny and feathered, but it was a dinosaur.
Dhugaa: Parvicursor was a theropod dinosaur, not a bird, even though it had feathers and was small.1
Ogeeyyii daayinootiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Parvicursor
- Kan maqaa baase
- Karhu and Rautian 19963
- Garee
- Daayinoowwan rifeensa qaban kan addaa
- Maatii / kilaadii
- Alvarezsauridae3
- Ramaddii
- Theropoda > Alvarezsauridae3
- Umurii dhagaawwanii
- waggaa miliyoona 84 hanga 72 (Campanian)3
- Caasaawwan dhagaa
- Baruungoyot3
- Biyyoota
- Mongooliyaa3
- Galmee fosilii
- 1 The Paleobiology Database keessa3
- Argannoo
- The first fossil, a partial skeleton with vertebrae, pelvis, and a hind leg, was found in 1992 and described in 1996 by Karhu and Rautian.1
- Ammallee falmisiisaa
- Scientists still debate whether some other tiny alvarezsaurids, like Linhenykus and Ceratonykus, are really the same species as Parvicursor.1
Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa
- Parvicursor (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Parvicursor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.
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