Paraxenisaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-1112Cerro del Pueblo Fm., Mexico

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

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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