Paraxenisaurus
| Paraxenisaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous ~74 to 73 Ma - | |
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| Skeletal diagram of the holotype (top) with a hypothetical complete skeleton (bottom) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Ornithomimosauria |
| Family: | †Deinocheiridae |
| Genus: | †Paraxenisaurus Serrano-Brañas et al., 2020 |
| Type species | |
| †Paraxenisaurus normalensis Serrano-Brañas et al., 2020 | |
Paraxenisaurus (/pɛərəkˌsɪniːˈsɔːrəs/, meaning "strange lizard") 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.