page_title: Peter Larson
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Larson
caption_attribution_description: Peter Larson at the Montclair Film Festival
context_page_description: Peter Lars Larson is an American paleontologist, fossil collector, and president of the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. He led the team that excavated "Sue", one of the largest and most complete specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex found to date, and has published numerous scientific and popular works on dinosaur paleontology. He is criticized by some academic paleontologists for his commercial enterprises and support of private collections, but defended by others.
context_section_description: Peter Lars Larson (born 1952) is an American paleontologist, fossil collector, and president of the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. He led the team that excavated "Sue", one of the largest and most complete  specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex found to date, and has published numerous scientific and popular works on dinosaur paleontology. He is criticized by some academic paleontologists for his commercial enterprises and support of private collections, but defended by others.
caption: Larson at the 2014 Montclair Film Festival
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