John Harold Ostrom was an American paleontologist who revolutionized the modern understanding of dinosaurs. Ostrom's work inspired what his pupil Robert T. Bakker has termed a "dinosaur renaissance".
John Ostrom and Deinonychus skeleton cast. Photo courtesy Yale University.
Deinonychus FMNH White Background
Skeleton of the hadrosaur Anatosaurus (now E. annectens) paratype YPM 2182 at the Yale University Museum showing its upright posture.
Ostromia crassipes, previously known as the Haarlem Archaeopteryx
The dinosaur renaissance was a scientific revolution that began in the mid-1960s and led to renewed academic and popular interest in dinosaurs. It was initially spurred by research indicating that din
John Ostrom
…American paleontologist who revolutionized the modern understanding of dinosaurs. Ostrom's work inspired what his pupil Robert T. Bakker has termed a "dinosaur renaissance". Beginning with the discovery of Deinonychus in 1964, Ostrom challenged the widespread belief that dinosaurs were slow-moving lizards (or "saurians…
Dr. Bob Bakker zoomed and cropped