Editing Parvicursor (section)

== Description ==
At only about {{convert|39|cm|in ft}} from snout to end of tail, and {{cvt|162|g}} in weight, it was initially seen as one of [[Dinosaur size|the smallest]] non-avian dinosaurs known from an adult specimen.<ref name="technosaurs">[http://www.technosaurs.ca/tag/default.aspx?id=114 Which was the smallest dinosaur?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706204350/http://www.technosaurs.ca/tag/default.aspx?id=114 |date=2011-07-06 }} Royal Tyrrell Museum. Last accessed 2008-05-23.</ref> However, in 2022 its [[holotype]] was concluded to represent a juvenile individual.<ref name="Averianov"/>
[[Image:Alvarezsaurid_scale_martyniuk.png|thumb|left|Size of ''P. remotus'' (green) compared to other small alvarezsaurids]] 
Like other members of the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Alvarezsauridae]], the forelimbs of ''Parvicursor'' were short and stubby, with hands all but completely reduced to a single large claw, possibly useful for opening tough [[termite]] mounds or other types of digging. It is unlikely that the claw could have served much for defense, as it was short and not adapted for flexible movements &mdash; it is more likely it would do as the animal's name implies: ''cursor'' means ''runner''.

Close relatives include ''[[Shuvuuia]]'' and ''[[Mononykus]]'', and together with these it is classified in the alvarezsaurid subfamily [[Parvicursorinae]].