Alioramus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Bayankhongor (Mongolia), Ömnögovi (Mongolia) and Guangdong (China).

Quick facts about Alioramus:

  • Existed from 72.1 million years ago to 66 million years ago
  • Lived in a flood plain
  • Was a carnivore
  • Reproduced by laying eggs
  • 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists

All the Alioramus illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Alioramus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • J. Lü and L. Yi. 2013. A new somphospondylan sauropod (Dinosauria, Titanosauriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province of southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):678-685
  • S. M. Kurzanov. 1976. Noviy pozdnemelovoy karnozavr is Nogon-Tsava, Mongoliya [A new late Mesozoic carnosaur from Nogon-Tsav, Mongolia]. In N. N. Kramarenko, B. Luvsandansan, Y. I. Voronin, R. Barsbold, A. K. Rozhdestvensky, B. A. Trofimov & V. Y. Reshetov (eds.), Paleontology and Biostratigraphy of Mongolia. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Transactions 3:93-104
  • S. L. Brusatte and T. D. Carr. 2009. A long-snouted, multihorned tyrannosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(41):17261-17266