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
Yaphila nini?
Yayinkulu kangakanani?
Yayinde kangakanani?
Yayinzima kangakanani?
Parvicursor wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?
Yimathematika nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwe naphi na.
Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyani ezimnandi
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

Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Parvicursor
?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
Inyaniso ngeentsomi
Intsomi: People often think Parvicursor was a bird because it was tiny and feathered, but it was a dinosaur.
Inyaniso: Parvicursor was a theropod dinosaur, not a bird, even though it had feathers and was small.1
Kwiingcali zeedayinaso
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Parvicursor
- Inikwe igama ngu:
- Karhu and Rautian 19963
- Iqela
- Iidayinaso ezingaqhelekanga ezineentsiba
- Usapho / iclade
- Alvarezsauridae3
- Ukuhlelwa
- Theropoda > Alvarezsauridae3
- Ubudala bamatye
- 84 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka (Campanian)3
- Izakhiwo zamatye
- Baruungoyot3
- Amazwe
- iMongolia3
- Iirekhodi zeefosili
- 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database3
- Ukufunyanwa
- 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
- Kusaxoxwa ngayo
- Scientists still debate whether some other tiny alvarezsaurids, like Linhenykus and Ceratonykus, are really the same species as Parvicursor.1
Apho iinyani zivela khona
- Parvicursor (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Parvicursor in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.
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