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Parvicursor remotus

Reptilia - Alvarezsauridae

Taxonomy
Parvicursor remotus was named by Karhu and Rautian (1996). Its type specimen is PIN 4487/25, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khulsan (RMPE), which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Parvicursor remotus Karhu and Rautian
2000Parvicursor remotus Kurochkin p. 555
2002Parvicursor remotus Chiappe p. 452
2002Parvicursor remotus Chiappe et al. p. 91
2004Parvicursor remotus Padian p. 211
2009Parvicursor remotus Alifanov and Barsbold p. 94
2009Parvicursor remotus Longrich and Currie p. 246
2009Parvicursor remotus Turner et al. p. 2
2010Parvicursor remotus Longrich et al. p. 955
2010Parvicursor remotus Xu et al. p. 14 fig. 8
2013Parvicursor remotus Xu et al. p. 27
2014Parvicursor remotus Delcourt and Grillo p. 312
2021Parvicursor remotus Averianov and Lopatin
2023Parvicursor remotus Averianov et al. p. 69
2023Parvicursor remotus Kubo et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
infraorderAlvarezsauria
—Alvarezsauroidea()
familyAlvarezsauridae
subfamilyParvicursorinae()
genusParvicursor
speciesremotus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Parvicursor remotus Karhu and Rautian 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. M. Chiappe et al. 2002Very similar to Mononykus but differs in having opisthocoelous caudal thoracic vertebrae; no biconvex thoracic vertebra; convex cranial margin of synsacrum; and a smaller adult size.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Parvicursor remotus (type locality: 27009)