Genus
Valid Extinct

Mexidracon

Serrano-Brañas et al. 2025

Mexidracon is an extinct genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila, Mexico. The genus contains a single species, M. longimanus, known from a partial skeleton. Mexidracon is the second ornithomimosaur to be named from this formation, following the deinocheirid Paraxenisaurus in 2020.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore, omnivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Mexidracon
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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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Ornithomimidae Family
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Mexidracon Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇽 Mexico
1
Geological formations
Cerro del Pueblo
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Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Mexidracon longimanus 84 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 DOI ↗