Aerosteon
Field photograph to come
Aerosteon
DV-0652
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Megaraptoridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Sereno et al. 2008
Field notes
About Aerosteon
Aerosteon was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Megaraptoridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Aerosteon, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Anacleto Formation. It was named by Sereno et al. in 2008.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Megaraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. C. Sereno, R. N. MartÃnez, and J. A. Wilson, D. J. Varricchio, O. A. Alcober, H. C. E. Larsson. 2008. Evidence for avian intrathoracic air sacs in a new predatory dinosaur from Argentina. PLoS ONE 3(9):e3303:1-20