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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. is a vertebrate paleontologist and senior lecturer at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park, Maryland in Prince George's County, Maryland outside Washington, D.C....
's Department of Geology. He has published extensively on the phylogeny, morphology
Morphology (biology)

The term morphology in biology refers to form, structure and configuration of an organism. This includes aspects of the outward appearance as well as the form and structure of the internal parts like bones and organs....
, ecomorphology, and locomotion of terrestrial predators, especially on tyrannosaurids and other theropod dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
s. He is the author or co-author of "Saurischia", "Basal Tetanurae", and "Tyrannosauroidea" in the second edition of The Dinosauria, which is the mostly widely accepted field authority in dinosaurian paleontology.






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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. is a vertebrate paleontologist and senior lecturer at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park, Maryland in Prince George's County, Maryland outside Washington, D.C....
's Department of Geology. He has published extensively on the phylogeny, morphology
Morphology (biology)

The term morphology in biology refers to form, structure and configuration of an organism. This includes aspects of the outward appearance as well as the form and structure of the internal parts like bones and organs....
, ecomorphology, and locomotion of terrestrial predators, especially on tyrannosaurids and other theropod dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
s. He is the author or co-author of "Saurischia", "Basal Tetanurae", and "Tyrannosauroidea" 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
Walking with Dinosaurs

Walking with Dinosaurs was a six-part television series produced by the BBC, narrated by Kenneth Branagh, and first aired in the UK in 1999....
 BBC series

He is also the Director of the University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park, Maryland in Prince George's County, Maryland outside Washington, D.C....
 Scholars- Earth, Life, and Time Program.

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