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.
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- Holtz, T. R., Jr.. "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.: Vertebrate Paleontologist". University of Maryland Department of Geology. http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
- Weishampel, D. B.; Dodson, P.; Osmólska, H. (eds.) (2004). The Dinosauria: Second Edition. Berkley: University of California Press. p. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/2601001.html.
