Mexidracon
Field photograph to come
Mexidracon
DV-1282 · type species Mexidracon longimanus
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Ornithomimidae
- Found in
- Mexico
- Named by
- Serrano-Brañas et al. 2025
Field notes
About Mexidracon
Mexidracon was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ornithomimidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Mexidracon, from Mexico. Its fossils come from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation. It was named by Serrano-Brañas et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ornithomimidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. I. Serrano-Brañas, B. Espinosa-Chávez, and C. de León-Dávila, S. A. Maccracken, D. Barrera-Guevara, E. Torres-Rodríguez, A. Prieto-Márquez. 2025. A long-handed new ornithomimid dinosaur from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico. Cretaceous Research 169(78):106087