Tom Rich
Thomas Rich (born c. 1940), generally known as Tom Rich, is an Australian palaeontologist. He is, as of 2019, Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology at Museums Victoria. Personal life. Thomas H. Rich was born on May 30th, 1941 in the United States. Rich is married to palaeontologist Patricia Arlene Vickers-Rich. Together the couple described the dinosaur genera "Leaellynasaura" and "Timimus", naming them after their daughter and son, Leaellyn and Tim Rich, respectively. Thomas Rich is also honored in the epithet of the ancient thylacinid species "Nimbacinus richi".