PRONUNCIATION: |
ah-lee-o-RAH-mus |
TRANSLATION: |
Other Branch |
ALSO KNOWN AS: |
n/a |
DESCRIPTION: |
Carnivore, Bipedal |
ORDER: |
Saurischia |
SUBORDER: |
Theropoda |
INFRAORDER: |
Tetanurae |
MICRO-ORDER: |
Carnosauria |
SUPERFAMILY: |
n/a |
FAMILY: |
Tyrannosauridae |
HEIGHT: |
11 feet (3.4 meters) |
LENGTH: |
20 feet (6.1 meters) |
WEIGHT: |
1,500 lbs (680 kg) |
PERIOD: |
Late Cretaceous |
NOTES: |
Alioramus had a longer head and smaller and more numerous teeth than other tyrannosaurids. It was small and slender and it possessed six small horns on its long snout, two side by side and four in a single row ahead of them. Too small for defensive purposes, these horns may have been secondary sexual characteristics, identifying males and females. Fossils of this dinosaur were found in Mongolia. |
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