Temporal range: Lower Oligocene Parvigrus is an extinct bird
genus, with the single species Parvigrus pohli. It is considered
a family, the Parvigruidae. The remains of Parvigrus pohli have
been described from fossils found in Vachères in France, from
rocks from the Lower Oligocene. The name Parvigrus is derived
from the Latin parvus for small and grus for crane, the specific
epithet refers to Burkhard Pohl who obtained the specimen for
the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Parvigrus pohli was a chicken sized
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