Paraxenisaurus
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Paraxenisaurus
DV-1112 · type species Paraxenisaurus normalensis
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Deinocheiridae
- Found in
- Mexico
- Named by
- Serrano-Brañas et al. 2020
Field notes
About Paraxenisaurus
Paraxenisaurus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Deinocheiridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Paraxenisaurus, from Mexico. Its fossils come from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation. It was named by Serrano-Brañas et al. in 2020.
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 Deinocheiridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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