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]
2012	Thylacodon montanensis sp. nov.	Williamson, Brusatte, Carr, Weil, & Standhardt[7]
2010	Bistahieversor sealeyi gen. et sp. nov.	Carr & Williamson[8]
2009	Alioramus altai sp. nov.	Brusatte, Carr, Erickson, Bever, & Norell[9]
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. 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. Williamson, Thomas E.; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Carr, Thomas D.; Weil, Anne; Standhardt, Barbara R. (1 December 2012). "The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (4): 625–651. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.631592. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 13 December 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
8. 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.
9. Brusatte, Stephen L.; Carr, Thomas D.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Bever, Gabe S.; Norell, Mark A. (13 October 2009). "A long-snouted, multihorned tyrannosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (41): 17261–17266. doi:10.1073/pnas.0906911106. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2765207. PMID 19805035. Retrieved 9 February 2025.

External links

• https://www.carthage.edu/live/news/28551-carthage-paleo-track-professor-and-students
• https://www.esconi.org/esconi_earth_science_club/2011/04/thomas-carr-decoding-dinosaurs-at-carthage.html
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151029102249.htm
• https://www.science.org/content/article/baby-tyrannosaur-s-ebay-auction-sparks-outrage