Genus
Valid Extinct

Paraxenisaurus

Serrano-Brañas et al. 2020

Paraxenisaurus is an extinct genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod from the Late Cretaceous Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila in Mexico. The genus contains a single species, P. normalensis, which is known from a few bones of tail, hips, hands, and feet. The specific epithet was given in honor of the Benemérita Normal School of Coahuila, a teacher training institution, where the fossils were reposited. It is a member of the family Deinocheiridae and is the only member of that clade known from Laramidia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore, omnivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Paraxenisaurus
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Skeletal reconstruction of mexican deinocheirid, Paraxenisaurus normalensis. © Daniel Barrera Guevara · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Paraxenisaurus
Paraxenisaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Ornithomimosauria Unranked clade
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Deinocheiridae Family
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Paraxenisaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
5,8 m ⓘ
Paraxenisaurus normalensis
Mass
800 kg ⓘ
Paraxenisaurus normalensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇽 Mexico
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Paraxenisaurus normalensis 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
C. I. Serrano-Brañas, B. Espinosa-Chávez, and S. A. Maccracken, C. Gutiérrez-Blando, C. de León-Dávilae, J. F. Ventura. 2020. Paraxenisaurus normalensis, a large deinocheirid ornithomimosaur from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 101:102610 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
C. I. Serrano-Brañas, B. Espinosa-Chávez, and S. A. Maccracken, C. Gutiérrez-Blando, C. de León-Dávilae, J. F. Ventura. 2020. Paraxenisaurus normalensis, a large deinocheirid ornithomimosaur from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 101:102610 DOI ↗