Thomas Carr (paleontologist)

Thomas D. Carr is a vertebrate paleontologist who received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2005. He is now a member of the biology faculty at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Much of his work centers on tyrannosauroid dinosaurs.[1] Carr published the first quantitative analysis of tyrannosaurid ontogeny in 1999, establishing that several previously recognized genera and species of tyrannosaurids were in fact juveniles of other recognized taxa.[2] Carr shared the Lanzendorf Prize for scientific illustration at the 2000 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference for the artwork in this article.[3] In 2005, he and two colleagues described and named Appalachiosaurus, a late-surviving basal tyrannosauroid found in Alabama.[4] He is also scientific advisor to the Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Below is a list of taxa that Carr has contributed to naming:

Year Taxon Authors
2020 Jinbeisaurus wangi gen. et sp. nov. Wu, Shi, Dong, Carr, Yi, & Xu[5]
2017 Daspletosaurus horneri sp. nov. Carr, Varricchio, Sedlmayr, Roberts, & Moore[6]
2010 Bistahieversor sealeyi gen. et sp. nov. Carr & Williamson[7]
2005 Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis gen. et sp. nov. Carr, Williamson, & Schwimmer[4]

Selected publications

  • Carr, Thomas D. (1999). "Craniofacial ontogeny in Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Coelurosauria)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 (3): 497–520.
  • Carr, Thomas D.; Williamson, Thomas E.; & Schwimmer, David R. (2005). "A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (1): 119–143.

References

  1. ^ "Thomas Carr, Assistant Professor of Biology". Carthage College Biology Department. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  2. ^ Carr, Thomas D. (1999). "Craniofacial ontogeny in Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Coelurosauria)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (3): 497–520. Bibcode:1999JVPal..19..497C. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011161. S2CID 83744433.
  3. ^ "Past Award Winners: SVP Award, Prize and Grant Recipients". Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b Carr, Thomas D.; Williamson, Thomas E.; Schwimmer, David R. (2005). "A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 119–143. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0119:ANGASO]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86243316.
  5. ^ Wu, Xiao-Chun; Shi, Jian-Ru; Dong, Li-Yang; Carr, Thomas D.; Yi, Jian; Xu, Shi-Chao (April 2020). "A new tyrannosauroid from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi, China". Cretaceous Research. 108: 104357. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104357. Retrieved 9 January 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  6. ^ Carr, Thomas D.; Varricchio, David J.; Sedlmayr, Jayc C.; Roberts, Eric M.; Moore, Jason R. (30 March 2017). "A new tyrannosaur with evidence for anagenesis and crocodile-like facial sensory system". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 44942. doi:10.1038/srep44942. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5372470. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  7. ^ Carr, Thomas D.; Williamson, Thomas E. (29 January 2010). "Bistahieversor sealeyi , gen. et sp. nov., a new tyrannosauroid from New Mexico and the origin of deep snouts in Tyrannosauroidea". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1080/02724630903413032. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 8 January 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.


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