What is Ernst Stromer?
'''Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach''' (12 June 1871 - 18 December 1952), or simply Ernst Stromer, was a German [[Paleontology|paleontologist]]. He is best remembered for his expeditions to [[Egypt]], where he found the first fossils of ''[[Spinosaurus]]''. He also discovered the following [[Cretaceous]] [[Dinosaur|dinosaurs]] in [[Egypt]]: ''[[Aegyptosaurus]]'', ''Bahariasaurus, [[Carcharodontosaurus]],'' and the most famous of them all, ''[[Spinosaurus]].'' He also discovered a large crocodilian, ''Stomatosuchus''. The majority of his fossil discoveries were destroyed in a bombing raid in Munich in [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-09-11|title=Spinosaurus fossil: 'Giant swimming dinosaur' unearthed|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29143096|access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stromer, Ernst}} [[Category:1871 births]] [[Category:1952 deaths]] [[Category:Paleontologists]] [[Category:German scientists]]