Thomas Carr

Thomas Carr is an Associate Professor of Biology at Carthage College, serving as Director of the Carthage Institute of Paleontology and Senior Scientific Advisor at the Dinosaur Discovery Museum. He specializes in tyrannosaurid systematics, ontogenetic studies, and dinosaur phylogeny. His research integrates anatomical data with evolutionary and biogeographical analyses, focusing on Laurasian dinosaurs and archosaur craniofacial evolution.

Education includes a Ph.D. in Vertebrate Paleontology from the University of Toronto (Department of Zoology), an M.Sc. from the University of Toronto, and a B.A. from York University. He joined Carthage in 2004, mentoring students in field and lab methods for fossil analysis.

His research has identified four new dinosaur species and challenges previous assumptions about Tyrannosaurus diversity. He emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, combining histology, morphology, and cladistics. His work has been featured in National Geographic documentaries and popular science publications, including his upcoming book on T. rex growth patterns.

Notable contributions include reevaluating tyrannosaurid fossils from Asia and North America, clarifying phylogenetic relationships, and advancing methodologies for interpreting dinosaur ontogeny. His lab focuses on growth series analysis and sensory system evolution in theropods.