Aerosteonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Aerosteon is a genus of allosauroid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of Argentina. Its remains were discovered in 1996 in the Anacleto Formation, dating to the Santonian stage (about 84 million years ago). The type species and only known species is A. riocoloradensis. Its specific name indicates that its remains were found 1 km north of the in the Río Colorado, province of Mendoza. They show evidence of a bird-like respiratory system. Aerosteon's name can be translated as air bone and derives from Greek ἀήρ (aer, "air") and οστέον (osteon, "bone").