Talk:Thomas Carr (paleontologist)

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Thomas Carr is recognized as one of the foremost experts on tyrannosaurs in the world. Tyrannosaurs are in turn one of the most well-known dinosaur groups, both to science and the general public. For example, a Google Scholar Search shows that his work is cited in pretty much every paper on tyrannosauroids published since 2001, including some by experts like Phil Currie and Thomas R. Holtz. His 1999 paper in particular is regarded as a landmark as it was the first to quantitatively analyze tyrannosaur ontogeny. On top of that, it won the Lanzendorf Prize for scientific illustration from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology at the 2000 conference.

Short list of papers citing Thomas Carr

 * Currie, Philip J.; & Dong Zhiming. (2001). "New information on Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis, a juvenile tyrannosaurid (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of China". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38 (12): 1729–1737.
 * Holtz, Thomas R. (2001). The phylogeny and taxonomy of the Tyrannosauridae. In: Tanke, Darren H.; & Carpenter, Kenneth (eds.): Mesozoic Vertebrate Life Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pgs. 64–83.
 * Brochu, Christopher R. (2003). "Osteology of Tyrannosaurus rex: insights from a nearly complete skeleton and high-resolution computed tomographic analysis of the skull". Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoirs 7: 1–138. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sheep81 (talk • contribs) 05:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Currie, Philip J. (2003). "Cranial anatomy of tyrannosaurids from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 (2): 191–226.
 * Hurum, Jørn H.; & Sabath, Karol. (2003). "Giant theropod dinosaurs from Asia and North America: Skulls of Tarbosaurus bataar and Tyrannosaurus rex compared". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 (2): 161–190.
 * Erickson, Gregory M.; Makovicky, Peter J.; Currie, Philip J.; Norell, Mark A.; Yerby, Scott A.; & Brochu, Christopher A. (2004). "Gigantism and comparative life-history parameters of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs". Nature 430: 772–775.
 * Xu Xing; Norell, Mark A.; Kuang Xuewen; Wang Xiaolin;, Zhao Qi; & Jia Chengkai. (2004). "Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids". Nature 431 (7009): 680–684.
 * Holtz, Thomas R. (2004). "Tyrannosauroidea", in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; & Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, Second Edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, 111–136.
 * Smith, Joshua B. (2005). "Heterodonty in Tyrannosaurus rex: implications for the taxonomic and systematic utility of theropod dentitions." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (4): 865–887.
 * Fowler, Denver W.; & Sullivan, Robert M. (2006). "A ceratopsid pelvis with toothmarks from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation: evidence of Late Campanian tyrannosaurid feeding behavior." New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35: 127-130.
 * Erickson, Gregory M.; Currie, Philip. J.; Inouye, Brian D.; & Wynn, Alice A. (2006). "Tyrannosaur life tables: an example of nonavian dinosaur population biology". Science 313: 213-217.
 * Snively, Eric; & Russell, Anthony P. (2007). "Functional variation of neck muscles and their relation to feeding style in Tyrannosauridae and other large theropod dinosaurs." The Anatomical Record 290: 934–957.


 * Oh yeah, I wrote all of the information on this talk page (not the papers). Sheep81 (talk) 05:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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