[D] Parvicursor remotus [~/~]
Describer
Karhu & Rautian, 1996
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Avialae Alvarezsauridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Barun Goyot Formation, Khulsan Locality, Southern Gobi Aimak, Mongolia
Info
Genus - Typespecies
A very small dinosaur is seems to be closely related to Mononykus. Fragments of dorsal, sacral, and caudal regions of vertebral column, partial pelvis, right hind limb, except for the first and third digit, separate elements of left hind limb. The tibia is very long and only a spike of the fibula, the metatarsals are also very long and metatarsal III is one fourth the lenght of the metatarsals I and II (metatasals are about 4 cm long).