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Anchiornithidae

Ostromia

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ostromia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Ostromia
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (150.8–145.5 Mya)
Place
Germany
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Anchiornithidae

Ostromia (named after John Ostrom) is a genus of anchiornithid theropod dinosaur containing a single species, Ostromia crassipes. Recovered from the Late Jurassic Painten Formation of Germany, it was named by Christian Foth and Oliver Rauhut in 2017.

What we know

  • Named by Foth & Rauhut, 2017.
  • Fossils found in Germany.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Ostromia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.