Alioramus remotus
"remote different branch"

A strange, apparently rather advanced tyrannosaur, Alioramus was only about half the size of its famous Tyrant Lizard cousin. It was one of the largest predators around in Late Cretaceous Mongolia, though it may have had competition from another, larger tyrannosaur, Tarbosaurus. Alioramus is known only from a partial skull, the top-front of which is missing. Because of this many reconstruct it with a more narrow, gorgosaur-like snout. I've given it a more boxy snout like that of Tyrannosaurus or Albertosaurus, though the speculative lacrimal horns are similar to those of Gorgosaurus sternbergi. Also notable is the spiky ridge running along the snout of Alioramus. While other tyrannosaurs had ridges or bosses, perhaps for display or head-butting competitions, none are as pronounced as they are on Alioramus. another bit of speculation are the feather-like structures. While tyrannosaurs are known to have been mostly scaly, it's possible they had sparse coverings of primitive feathers, or even small fans for display.