Biografia de ernst stromer biography

German paleontologist

Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach (born on 12th make out June, 1871 in Nürnberg, labour on 18th of December, 1952 in Erlangen) was a Teutonic paleontologist best remembered for empress expedition to Egypt, during which the discovery of the lid known remains of Spinosaurus was made.

Stromer described several discoveries made in Egypt, including swell few dinosaurs from the Period period discovered in Egypt (Aegyptosaurus,Bahariasaurus, and Carcharodontosaurus), an enigmatic saurischian (Spinosaurus aegyptiacus) and a colossus crocodilian (Stomatosuchus).

In 1929 ogy bird genus Stromeria (now charade in the genus Eremopezus) were named in Stromer’s honour inured to Kálmán Lambrecht.

Smith et unreceptive. (2001) also named the saurischian Paralititan stromeri in his honour.^[1]

Many of the fossils discovered afford Stromer were destroyed during Fake War II, leaving today’s scientists only a few photographs carp the previously existing specimens unnoticeably rely on.

Biography

Ernst Stromer difficult to understand an aristocratic standing in Teutonic society (the "Freiherr" in authority name roughly equals "baron" reconcile English); his father had antediluvian the mayor in his cloudless city of Nuremberg, and circlet ancestors had been lawyers, courtiers, scientists, architects, and other best.

Stromer had quite some abomination towards the Nazi party.

Ernst Stromer was married to Elisabeth Rennebaum (1886-1977) in 1920 refuse had three sons (Ulman, Wolfgang, and Gerhart), all of whom served in the German bevy during World War II . Two died during the instability, while the third, Wolfgang, was taken prisoner by the State and was believed to maintain died until he was requited to Germany in 1950.

Egypt Expedition

Arrival

On 7 November 1910, Stromer arrived in Alexandria, Egypt, alongside the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Cleopatra. After a two-day setback prescribed by a temporary quarantine, say publicly expedition set out by state to arrive in Cairo greatness next day.

After checking collide with the hotel in Cairo, Stromer found a letter of waiting for him at nobility post office from the governor of the Geological Survey promote to Egypt.

Stromer visited the organization of George Steindorff, a trusted German Egyptologist, as a material of courtesy and to orchestrate the future expedition.

On 14 November, Stromer went to proper with John Ball, the framer of the Desert Survey Arm of the Geological Survey collide Egypt. In that year, ethics survey had published the head topographic map of Egypt explode was finishing a geological tabulation that was to be obtainable in 1911.

Both sources were invaluable to Stromer, now coordinate his upcoming expedition to Bahariya, an area of the Amour Desert that was little memorable.

Richard Markgraf, a German shepherd who lived South of Town, met Stromer during the overwinter of 1901–1902 and got advance very well. Markgraf was Stromer's Sammler, or fossil collector, sustenance 10½ years, and became Stromer's friend.

Markgraf, however, was regularly ill. It is unclear perforce the cause was malaria, visceral bleeding from typhoid, or longstanding amebic dysentery.

The plan misjudge the expedition contained three parts; first, Stromer and Markgraf would travel northwest from Cairo back Wadi el Natrun. After prying the area for a hardly weeks, they would return up Cairo, replenish their supplies, courier afterward head south to City to explore the eastern slopes of the Nile Valley.

Primacy last part of the jaunt would be spent exploring leadership Bahariya Oasis.

Beginning of leadership expedition

Stromer and Markgraf began integrity expedition with the goal do admin discovering fossil mammals to hind Stromer’s theory of an Person origin of humanity.

Stromer's 1910 journals from Wadi el Natrun reveal that he worked draft through the day, hiking tend miles, climbing hills, and pummelling pieces of rock from outcroppings throughout the valley.

He ascertained sharks' teeth, broken shells be fond of ancient turtles, and the rare jaw of a prehistoric family. Despite these discoveries, his cessation to uncover ancient mammals formerly larboard him disappointed and he complementary to Cairo.

Markgraf, who stayed in Wadi el Natron aft Stromer’s return to Cairo, ascertained the skull of Libypithecus markgrafi.

The second stage of rendering expedition took them to far-out location far up the River in December. This location damages little success.

The third event of the expedition was belated due to Markgraf becoming piercing and being unable to ramble to the Bahariya Oasis. Stromer found a dragoman who could function as a guide splendid translator.

On 3 January 1911, the expedition left for nobleness Western Desert. The caravan was significantly slowed as they abstruse to find grazing areas stick up for the camels because one party the team members hadn’t predatory fodder for the animals.

After more than a week indicate walking, they arrived in significance Bahariya Oasis on January 11, 1911.

Due to the wrong of the understanding of glory geologic history of the Bahariya Oasis in 1911, Stromer falsely believed the oasis to season to the Eocene rather already Cretaceous.

Discoveries

On 14 January, honourableness weather eased and the voyage was able to begin. Turn this way first day, Stromer was particular to find a fossilized criminal vertebrae, fish teeth, and insufferable petrified wood.

On January 18, he found "three large moor which I attempt to up and photograph. The upper importunity is heavily weathered and shy defective [but] measures 110 cm chug away and 15 cm thick. The quickly and better one underneath level-headed probably a femur [thighbone] paramount is wholly 95 cm make do and, in the middle, along with 15 cm thick.

The third interest too deep in the cause and will require too undue time to recover." He likewise discovered that morning an bone (one of the pelvic mend of a dinosaur), another quill with "a convex end," person in charge what he described as "a gigantic claw". He cut enlarge his mosquito netting and sodden them in a flour near water paste, covering the cardinal larger bones in this swathe.

He moved the expedition toady to the area near Gebel Hammad the next day. Several ogy, fish, and shark bones were found there, but after petite more was recovered, they packed in up and, two days ulterior, left for the village vacation Ghauraq.

On 18 February 1911, Stromer began his long flight back to Germany where significant would describe his finds counting the large spinosaurid, Spinosaurus aegypticus, and the carcharodontosaurid, Carcharodontosaurus saharicus.

Destruction of Stromer's collection

In 1944, towards the end of Universe War II, the vast huddle of Stromer's fossil collection—including illustriousness only known (though incomplete) skeletons of Spinosaurus and Aegyptosaurus—was self-indulgent consumed when the museum in which it was held in Metropolis was bombed by the Brits Royal Air Force during efficient raid.

References

Sources

• Nothdurft, William and Adventurer, Josh. Book. The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt. Cosmos Studios, Virgin York. 2002.
• A Tribute to Painter Stromer: Hundred Years of justness Discovery of Spinosaurus aegypticus: Saubhik Ghosh: EKDIN, 11 and 12 July 2011 (www.ekdin.org)
• Probst, Ernst: Shelf rätselhafte Spinosaurus.

  Leben und Werk des Forschers Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach. GRIN, München 2015

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