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. 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. Carr shared the Lanzendorf Prize for scientific illustration at the 2000 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference for the artwork in this article. In 2005, he and two colleagues described and named Appalachiosaurus, a late-surviving basal tyrannosauroid found in Alabama. Carr directed the Carthage Institute of Paleontology from 2004 until the institute closed on January 4th, 2026. 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: YearTaxonAuthors2020Jinbeisaurus wangi gen. et sp. nov.Wu, Shi, Dong, Carr, Yi, & Xu2017Daspletosaurus horneri sp. nov.Carr, Varricchio, Sedlmayr, Roberts, & Moore2012Thylacodon montanensis sp. nov.Williamson, Brusatte, Carr, Weil, & Standhardt2011Teratophoneus curriei gen. et sp. nov.Carr, Williamson, Britt, & Stadtman2010Bistahieversor sealeyi gen. et sp. nov.Carr & Williamson2009Alioramus altai sp. nov.Brusatte, Carr, Erickson, Bever, & Norell2005Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis gen. et sp. nov.Carr, Williamson, & Schwimmer2003Sphaerotholus buchholtzae sp. nov.Williamson & Carr2003Sphaerotholus goodwini gen. et sp. nov.Williamson & Carr
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.
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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