Ostromia Ostromia

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ostromia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
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.