swayed into dino-mania by Ostrom"). Dinosaur dig sites John Ostrom set up a full-time dig site at the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming in the 1960s, as well he spent a lot of time digging at Rocky Hill. Scientific classification In 1970, John Ostrom gave Microvenator celer its formal name (meaning "fast small hunter"). Also in 1970, he named Tenontosaurus tilletti (meaning "tendon lizard"). In 1993, James Kirkland, Robert Gaston, and Donald Burge named a fossil Utahraptor ostrommaysorum for John Ostrom and Chris Mays. The largest discovered example of this species is 23 feet long and had an estimated live weight over 1000 pounds. In 1998, Catherine Forster named a fossil Rahonavis ostromi (meaning "Ostrom's menace from the clouds") in honour of John Ostrom. The fossil is that of a primitive winged creature with a two-foot wingspan, feathers and a sickle-shaped claw on its second toe designed for slashing prey, similar to Deinonychus and Archaeopteryx. In 2017, Ostromia (a new genus named for the Haarlem specimen, formerly of Archaeopteryx) was named in his honor. References Notes Sources . May 1975. John H. Ostrom. Discovery, volume 11, number 1, pages 15 to 23. Obituary Los Angeles Times July 21, 2005 External links Dinosaurs in Your Garden 1928 births 2005 deaths Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Deaths from dementia in Connecticut American paleontologists Scientists from New York City Columbia University alumni Union College (New York) alumni Beloit College faculty Brooklyn College faculty