Vera Isaakovna Gromova ( rus, Вера Исааковна Громова, March 8, 1891 – January 21, 1973) was a Soviet paleontologist known for her studies of fossil

ungulate Ungulates ( ) are members of the diverse clade Ungulata which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves. These include odd-toed ungulates such as horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs; and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraffes, cam ...

s (hoofed mammals). She worked at the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

, where from 1919 to 1942 she was head of osteology, Zoological Museum, and from 1942 to 1960 at the Paleontological Institute , where she was head of mammal laboratory from 1946 onward. Her works include ''The history of horse (genus ''Equus'') in the Old World'' (1949) and ''Fundamentals of Paleontology: Mammals'' (1968).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gromova, Vera 1891 births 1973 deaths Soviet paleontologists Paleontologists from the Russian Empire Woman scientists from the Russian Empire Women paleontologists