Ernst Stromer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Stromer

German paleontologist

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1870

Place of Birth: Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 18-Dec-1952

Profession: university teacher, paleontologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach (12 June 1871 – in Nürnberg; 18 December 1952 in Erlangen) was a German paleontologist.
He is best remembered for his expedition to Egypt, which discovered the first known remains of Spinosaurus. He described the following Cretaceous dinosaurs from Egypt: Aegyptosaurus, Bahariasaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and the enigmatic theropod, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.
Stromer also described the giant crocodilian Stomatosuchus.
The fossil bird genus Stromeria, named in his honor by Kálmán Lambrecht in 1929, is today synonymized with Eremopezus.
The sauropod Paralititan stromeri is also named in his honor.
The majority of his fossil discoveries were destroyed during World War Two and only photographs of some remain.