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Mexidracon: Beast of the Week
03 May 2026 EN prehistoricbeastoftheweek

Mexidracon: Beast of the Week

reconstruction Mexico Cretaceous Late Cretaceous

 This week we will be taking a look at a unusual theropod.  Check out Mexidracon longimanus!Mexidracon was a theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Coahuila, Mexico, during the late Cretaceous period, about 72 million years ago.  From beak to tail it measured about 10 feet (3m) long.  Its genus name translates to "Mexican Dragon" and its species name to "long hand".  It may have been a plant-eater when alive or possibly eaten a mix of both plants and meat.  Mexidracon life reconstruction in

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