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Alioramus
Alioramus
- Pronunciation:
- al-ee-oh-ray-mus
- Name meaning:
- 'other [evolutionary] branch'

- Type of dinosaur:
- large theropod
- Length:
- 6.0m
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Cretaceous, 71-65 million years ago
- Found in:
- Mongolia
The skull of this dinosaur shows small bumps near the nose.

© Andrey Atuchin
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Tyrannosauroidea
- Named by:
- Kurzanov (1976)
- Type species:
- remotus
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