Alioramus

"Alioramus remotus"

***Alioramus*** is a medium-sized tyrannosaurid carnivore found in Path of Titans. *Alioramus* is a terrestrial dinosaur that takes on speed based offensive gameplay, focusing on hit-and-run tactics.It is a 2 slot and the largest and fastest amongst them.

## Appearance

Alioramus is a fast, medium-sized predator. It's one of the quickest creatures in the game, and can easily outrun most of its prey. Alioramus has small brow crests and a prominent nasal ridge, as well as a cape of feathers on the front and top of its torso. Its down-swinging bite makes it best suited for hunting smaller animals, harassing other creatures, and scouting.

Check out dinosaur stats for more details.

## Abilities

These are the **Abilities** *Alioramus* can use for **combat.**

## Paleo Info

*Alioramus* is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous Period of Asia. The type species, *A. remotus*, is known from a partial skull and three metatarsals (foot bones) recovered from Mongolian sediments which were deposited in a humid floodplain about 70 million years ago. These remains were named and described by Soviet paleontologist Sergei Kursanov in 1976. A second species, *A. altai*, known from a much more complete skeleton that consists of a nearly complete skull, partial vertebrae, a pelvic girdle, and hindlimbs. *A. altai* was named and described by Stephen L. Brusatte and colleagues in 2009. Its relationships to other tyrannosaurid genera are unclear, with some evidence supporting a hypothesis that *Alioramus* is closely related to the contemporary species *Tarbosaurus bataar.* *Alioramus* is currently placed in the Alioramini of the family Tyrannosauridae, being most closely related to the larger *Qianzhousaurus* (dubbed "Pinocchio rex").

The genus name *Alioramus* means "different branch" in Latin since Kurzanov believed the skull of *Alioramus* was very different from that of other tyrannosaurids. The species name *remotus* means 'removed' in Latin, which reflects how Kurzanov thought that because of the bizarre skull shape, it was very distant from other members of its family. The species name *altai* (as in *A. altai*) refers to the Altai Mountain range, which is a well-known land feature in southern Mongolia.

*Alioramus* was around 5 - 6 meters long and 385 kg (849 lbs), with *A. remotus* being slightly larger than *A. altai*. At only around 5 meters, *Alioramus* was a rather small tyrannosaur, however, its potential synonymy with *Qianzhousaurus* may suggest that *Alioramus* was larger than currently thought. The specimen of *A. altai* might also be a juvenile, meaning that adult *Alioramus* could have grown larger.

The skull of *A. remotus* is around 45 cm (1.48 ft) long. The shape of the skull differs from that of most other tyrannosaurids, being more elongated but more gracile as well, but has been observed in more basal tyrannosauroids and juvenile tyrannosaurids. The bones on the top of the skull are fused and have a row of five irregular bony "crests" protruding from the midline, as well as a number of teeth greater than that of any other tyrannosaurid, both of which are unique to *Alioramus*.

Through phylogenetic bracketing it's speculative that its close relative *Qianzhousaurus*, it can be reasonably assumed that *Alioramus* was a lightly built tyrannosaurid as well, mainly relying on its elongated legs to pursue after prey rather than ambush like some more heavy-set tyrannosaurids.

*Alioramus* is known from the Nemegt Formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Late Cretaceous Mongolia was wetter and much more humid than today's Mongolia. The environment of the Nemegt Formation supported a diverse fauna of dinosaurs, including the related but more robust *Tarbosaurus*, many species of ornithomimosaurs and oviraptorosaurs, the large herbivore *Therizinosaurus*, ankylosaurids, pachycephalosaurs, hadrosaurs, sauropods, and other reptiles. Like most predators today, *Alioramus* probably hunted on the weak animals such as the young, sick, or old. Additionally, the presence of two tyrannosaurids in one formation suggests that there was niche partitioning between *Tarbosaurus* and *Alioramus*, with *Alioramus* hunting the faster prey (such as ornithomimosaurs) while *Tarbosaurus* hunted slower and stockier prey (such as hadrosaurs or sauropods).

## Skins

List of all *Alioramus* skins found in Path of Titans.

### Obtainable

##### Base Game Skins

These skins can be unlocked using Marks in-game.

Default
Common
 FREECaped
Common
 1,000Ringneck
Common
 1,000Red Ear
Common
 2,000Brindle
Uncommon
 4,000Basil
Uncommon
 5,000Flaxen
Uncommon
 5,000Intricate
Rare
 6,500Crimson
Rare
 7,500Melanistic
Legendary
 10,000Albino
Legendary
 10,000

#### Store Skins

These skins can only be acquired through the Alderon Games Store for a limited time.

Backer
## Trivia

* *Alioramus* has mostly bright skins per the perk owner's request.

* *Alioramus* is slightly larger than the currently known remains per perk owner's request due to the only known remains being of a sub adult or juvenile.
* Alioramus used to do bleed at release.This effect was quickly removed due to complaints.
* Alioramus is the fastest and strongest 2 slot in the official roster.
* Alioramus has appeared in 2 trailers as of October 2023:The Gondwa update of 2022 and the upcoming Pounce Update.
* In the Gondwa update,A default male Alioramus is chased by a Snakehead Suchomimus. Ironically both creatures models were updated by NightStalker but their new models were only shown in the Pounce Update.
* In the Pounce Update trailer,A group of 4 Alioramus were chased by a group of Pachycephalosaurus.Their corpses are later seen at the end of the trailer.
* Alioramus used to have Counterbalance.This ability was removed from every creature that had it in Gondwa Update.

## Gallery

### Photos

backer alioramus at the hot springsIn-Game Emote
### Videos

De-Extinction - AlioramusAlioramus Teaser Trailer
## References

1. ↑ Dev-blog 18
2. ↑ Dev quote from discord