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Dean R. Lomax is a British palaeontologist, author and science communicator born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. He is affiliated with The University of Manchester as a visiting scientist and is patron of the UK Association of Fossil Hunters.

Research
Lomax has published extensively for both academic and popular audiences. His expertise is ichthyosaurs and he has named several new species, including Ichthyosaurus anningae, named after Mary Anning [2015], and named the leptonectid ichthyosaur Wahlisaurus (Wahlisaurus massarae [2016]). He has also described what might be the largest ichthyosaur that ever lived, which was larger than a blue whale Other notable discoveries include the world's longest 'death track' (mortichnia), a 9.7 m trackway from Solnhofen created by a 150 million-year-old horseshoe crab,   the discovery of a new fossil lagerstätten site in Lomax's hometown of Doncaster, England, the identification and discovery of an 8.5 m ammonite death drag,  an ichthyosaur pregnant with octuplets, the discovery of the largest Ichthyosaurus with preserved fetus and the first baby ichthyosaur found with its last meal preserved.

He is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed Dinosaurs of the British Isles.

Media appearances
Lomax has appeared widely on TV and radio as expert and presenter, including alongside Ellie Harrison as expert co-presenter and series adviser for Dinosaur Britain.

He has given notable public lectures, including at the Royal Institution of Great Britain and at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

Awards
Lomax won the G. J. Mendel Award (gold medal) for excellence in science at the Houses of Parliament in 2015.

He was awarded the Marsh Award for Palaeontology from the Marsh Christian Trust and Natural History Museum, London in 2015 for his significant contributions to palaeontology.

The Royal Society recognised Lomax as a local science hero in 2016.

Lomax was one of Junior Chamber International UK’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons of 2017.