Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. is a vertebrate paleontologist and senior lecturer at the University of Maryland's Department of Geology.^[1] He has published extensively on the phylogeny, morphology, ecomorphology, and locomotion of terrestrial predators, especially on tyrannosaurids and other theropod dinosaurs.^[1] He is the author or co-author of "Saurischia",^[2] "Basal Tetanurae",^[3] and "Tyrannosauroidea"^[4] in the second edition of The Dinosauria, which is the mostly widely accepted field authority in dinosaurian paleontology. He has also consulted as a scientific advisor on the Walking With Dinosaurs BBC series

He is also the Director of the University of Maryland, College Park Scholars- Earth, Life, and Time Program.

[edit] Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Holtz, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr..
^ "Saurischia", pp. 21–23, with H. Osmólska
^ "Basal Tetanurae", pp. 71–110, with R. E. Molnar, P. J. Currie
^ "Tyrannosauroidea", pp. 111–136.

[edit] References

Holtz, T. R., Jr.. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.: Vertebrate Paleontologist. University of Maryland Department of Geology. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
Weishampel, D. B.; Dodson, P.; Osmólska, H. (eds.) (2004). The Dinosauria: Second Edition. Berkley: University of California Press, 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.