Robert C. Thorne

Robert Coin Thorne ( born November 25, 1898 in Ashley, Utah, † May 27, 1960 in Vernal, Utah) was an American paleontologist.

He participated in the November 1926 to April 2, conducted by Captain Marshall Field Paleontological Expedition. Other participants were leaders of the expedition and photographer Elmer S. Riggs, Rudolf Stahlecker and Felipe Mendez. The purpose was to collect fossil specimens in the Argentine province of Catamarca. The expedition was very successful, and new species such as Stahleckeria were found there.