Stromer's son donated Stromer's archives to the Paläontologische Staatssammlung München in 1995, and Smith and colleagues analyzed two photographs of the Spinosaurus holotype specimen BSP 1912 VIII 19 discovered in the archives in 2000.
Stromerovi sin je donirao njegove arhive Paläontologische Staatssammlung München 1995. godine, a Smith et al. je analizirao dvije fotografije holotipičnog primjerka Spinosaurusa (BSP 1912 VIII 19) koje je okrio u arhivama 2000. godine.