Alioramus remotus aleeoʊ-RAYMUHS
"different branch"
- Length
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · Mongolia
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Tyrannosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Tyrannosauroidea Late-Cretaceous tyrants: T. rex, Tarbosaurus, Albertosaurus.
Alioramus (; meaning ‘different branch’) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period of Asia. It currently contains two species. The type species, A. remotus is known from a partial skull and three foot bones recovered from the Mongolian Nemegt Formation, which was deposited in a humid floodplain. These remains were named and described by Soviet paleontologist Sergei Kurzanov in 1976. A second species, A. altai, known from a much more complete skeleton also from the Nemegt Formation, was named and described by Stephen L. Brusatte and colleagues in 2009. Its relationships to other tyrannosaurid genera were at first unclear, with some evidence supporting a hypothesis that Alioramus was closely related to the contemporary species Tarbosaurus bataar.
What we know
- Named by Kurzanov, 1976.
- Body length estimated at about 6 m.
- Fossils found in Asia and Mongolia.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Alioramus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.