Alioramus
Alioramus
PrehistoricPhoto: S. L. Brusatte - R. B. J. Benson - X. Xu · CC BY 4.0
DinosaurExtinctcarnivore
Alioramus was a slender, long-snouted cousin of T. rex that lived in humid floodplains of Late Cretaceous Mongolia. With distinctive bumpy ridges on its snout, this predator belonged to a unique branch of tyrannosaurs called Alioramini. Two species have been identified from fossils found in Mongolia's Nemegt Formation.
- Had a slender snout with five bony crests along its nose
- Lived alongside the larger tyrannosaur Tarbosaurus bataar
- A second species, A. altai, was discovered in 2009
GrasslandWetlandAsia
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- Classification
- Dinosaur
- Scientific name
- Alioramus
- Habitat
- Grassland, Wetland
- Regions in this directory
- Asia
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- large