Dinosaur
Aerosteon
Its name, ‘air bone’, captures an important clue about dinosaur breathing.
Its name, ‘air bone’, captures an important clue about dinosaur breathing. It had the body of a large two-legged predator, but its most important scientific feature lies inside the bones. Cavities in some of them have been linked to air sacs, inspiring that name.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Aerosteon at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It fed on other animals.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Megaraptora
- Megaraptorans
- Fossil locations
- Argentina
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Aerosteon
The fossils were found in Argentina and studied to better understand theropod breathing systems. An animal’s outline is not the whole story: internal structures can reveal information invisible from the outside.
Living birds also use air sacs connected to their respiratory systems. Aerosteon helps researchers investigate earlier forms of this arrangement in non-avian dinosaurs, without implying that it was a bird or could fly.
Living birds also use air sacs connected to their respiratory systems. Aerosteon helps researchers investigate earlier forms of this arrangement in non-avian dinosaurs, without implying that it was a bird or could fly.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
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