LegendaryAlioramus
Alioramus altai
AL-ee-oh-RAY-mus· “other branch”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Tyrannosauridae
6 m
Length
2 m
Height
500 kg
Weight
A slender, long-snouted tyrannosaur from Mongolia with a row of small bumpy hornlets along its snout. Lighter and quicker than T. rex, it likely chased smaller, nimble prey.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70 million years ago
Found in
Mongolia
Discovered
Sergei Kurzanov, 1976
Did you know?
- A slender tyrannosaur with a long snout and a row of nose bumps.
- Much lighter and faster than its cousin Tyrannosaurus.
- Its long-snouted build parallels the 'Pinocchio rex' Qianzhousaurus.
Artwork: Fred Wierum, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.