Ernst Stromer

Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach (born on 12th of June, 1871 in Nürnberg, died on 18th of December, 1952 in Erlangen) was a German paleontologist best remembered for his expedition to Egypt, during which the discovery of the first known remains of ''Spinosaurus'' was made.

Stromer described several discoveries made in Egypt, including a few dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period discovered in Egypt (''Aegyptosaurus,'' ''Bahariasaurus'', and ''Carcharodontosaurus''), an enigmatic theropod (''Spinosaurus aegyptiacus'') and a giant crocodilian (''Stomatosuchus'').

In 1929 fossil bird genus ''Stromeria'' (now included in the genus ''Eremopezus'') were named in Stromer’s honour by Kálmán Lambrecht. Smith et al. (2001) also named the sauropod ''Paralititan stromeri'' in his honour.

Many of the fossils discovered by Stromer were destroyed during World War II, leaving today’s scientists only a few photographs of the previously existing specimens to rely on. Provided by Wikipedia