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Lindsay Zanno

Lindsay E. Zanno (born c. 1980) is an American vertebrate paleontologist and a leading expert on theropod dinosaurs and Cretaceous paleoecosystems. She is the Head of Paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University.

Lindsay E. Zanno
Bornc. 1980 (age c. 44)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of New Mexico
University of Utah
Scientific career
Fieldspaleontology
InstitutionsNatural History Museum of Utah
Field Museum of Natural History
North Carolina State University[1]

Education

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Zanno received her B.Sc. in Biological Anthropology from the University of New Mexico in 1999, and her graduate degrees from the University of Utah in the department of Geology and Geophysics (M.Sc. in 2004, Ph.D. in 2008).[2] Her M.Sc. thesis was titled "The pectoral girdle and forelimb of a primitive therizinosauroid (Theropoda, Maniraptora) with phylogenetic and functional implications," which addressed the anatomy of Falcarius utahensis.[3] Her Ph.D. dissertation was titled "A taxonomic and phylogenetic reevaluation of Therizinosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda): implications for the evolution of Maniraptora," which broadly addressed the relationships of therizinosaurs.

Academic contributions

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Zanno has contributed to more than 200 technical publications,[4][5] and her work has been cited more than 2,000 times. She has published in leading international journals, including Nature, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science Advances, Current Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, and Scientific Reports. Her primary focus is on the paleobiology of theropods from the Cretaceous of North America,[6][7][8][9][10][11] but she has also published on ornithischian dinosaurs,[12][13][14][15] crocodylomorphs,[16][17][18] avians,[19] aetosaur pseudosuchians,[20][21] temnospondyls,[22] and trace fossils.[23][24] Zanno has contributed to naming many new species of theropods, including the therizinosaur Falcarius,[6] the troodontid Talos sampsoni,[25] the hadrosaur Velafrons coahuilensis,[12] the oviraptorosaur Hagryphus giganteus,[26] the iguanodontian Choyrodon barsboldi,[14] the allosauroid Siats meekerorum,[10] and the tyrannosauroid Moros intrepidus.[27] Her work is supported by numerous awards, primarily from the National Science Foundation,[28][29][30][31] and has been extensively covered by major news outlets, including the Science Channel, History Channel, National Geographic, the New York Times, NPR and the BBC.[5][32][33][34][35][36]

Zanno serves as the president of the Jurassic Foundation[37] and co-chair of the program committee for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting[38] and previously served as Science Advocate for the Walking With Dinosaurs Arena Spectacular and on-air host for The Ice Age Exhibition.[5]

Outreach and science communication

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Zanno is active in community and science outreach, including on Twitter and through ExpeditionLive!, a platform developed to connect with the public during fieldwork.[39] She has spearheaded several initiatives through the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, such as FossilPhiles, which invites students in grades 8–11 to work with museum paleontologists;[40] Shark Teeth Forensics, which provides primary school students with the opportunity to conduct research using shark teeth;[41] and Cretaceous Creatures, which will provide students with the opportunity to conduct research using microvertebrates. The last of these is part of the new Dueling Dinosaurs Program, an exhibit slated to open in 2023 that is centered around a remarkable specimen of a complete skeleton of Tyrannosaurus side-by-side with a skeleton of Triceratops.[42] The specimen of T. rex represents the only fully complete skeleton of this species that is known to date, and the specimens were donated to the museum by the affiliated Friends of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, who purchased it for US$6 million from a private collector.[43][44] The specimen had previously failed to sell at the seller's minimum price in 2013 and was subsequently the center of a lengthy legal battle over the ownership of the fossil.[45][46][47]

References

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  1. ^ Stone, Gavin (19 November 2014). "Restoring the world's rarest fossils". Technician Online. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Lindsay Zanno | Staff". North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  3. ^ Zanno, Lindsay E. (2006-09-11). "The pectoral girdle and forelimb of the primitive therizinosauroidFalcarius Utahensis(Theropoda, Maniraptora): analyzing evolutionary trends within Therizinosauroidea". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (3): 636–650. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[636:tpgafo]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86166623.
  4. ^ "Lindsay E. Zanno". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
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  6. ^ a b Kirkland, James I.; Zanno, Lindsay E.; Sampson, Scott D.; Clark, James M.; DeBlieux, Donald D. (2005). "A primitive therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah". Nature. 435 (7038): 84–87. Bibcode:2005Natur.435...84K. doi:10.1038/nature03468. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 15875020. S2CID 4428196.
  7. ^ Zanno, Lindsay E.; Gillette, David D.; Albright, L. Barry; Titus, Alan L. (2009-07-15). "A new North American therizinosaurid and the role of herbivory in 'predatory' dinosaur evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276 (1672): 3505–3511. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1029. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2817200. PMID 19605396.
  8. ^ Zanno, Lindsay E.; Makovicky, Peter J. (2010-12-20). "Herbivorous ecomorphology and specialization patterns in theropod dinosaur evolution". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (1): 232–237. doi:10.1073/pnas.1011924108. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3017133. PMID 21173263.
  9. ^ Gates, Terry A.; Prieto-Márquez, Albert; Zanno, Lindsay E. (2012-08-02). "Mountain Building Triggered Late Cretaceous North American Megaherbivore Dinosaur Radiation". PLOS ONE. 7 (8): e42135. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...742135G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042135. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3410882. PMID 22876302.
  10. ^ a b Zanno, Lindsay E.; Makovicky, Peter J. (2013-11-22). "Neovenatorid theropods are apex predators in the Late Cretaceous of North America". Nature Communications. 4 (1): 2827. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.2827Z. doi:10.1038/ncomms3827. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 24264527.
  11. ^ Zanno, Lindsay E.; Makovicky, Peter J. (2013-01-22). "No evidence for directional evolution of body mass in herbivorous theropod dinosaurs". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280 (1751): 20122526. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2526. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 3574415. PMID 23193135.
  12. ^ a b Gates, Terry A.; Sampson, Scott D.; De Jesús, Carlos R. Delgado; Zanno, Lindsay E.; Eberth, David; Hernandez-Rivera, René; Martínez, Martha C. Aguillón; Kirkland, James I. (2007-12-12). "Velafrons coahuilensis, a new lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (4): 917–930. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[917:vcanlh]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86157621.
  13. ^ McDonald, Andrew T.; Gates, Terry A.; Zanno, Lindsay E.; Makovicky, Peter J. (2017-05-10). "Anatomy, taphonomy, and phylogenetic implications of a new specimen of Eolambia caroljonesa (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA". PLOS ONE. 12 (5): e0176896. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1276896M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176896. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5425030. PMID 28489871.
  14. ^ a b Gates, Terry A.; Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav; Zanno, Lindsay E.; Chinzorig, Tsogtbaatar; Watabe, Mahito (2018-08-03). "A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia". PeerJ. 6: e5300. doi:10.7717/peerj.5300. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6078070. PMID 30083450.
  15. ^ Arbour, Victoria M.; Zanno, Lindsay E. (2019-03-05). "Tail Weaponry in Ankylosaurs and Glyptodonts: An Example of a Rare but Strongly Convergent Phenotype". The Anatomical Record. 303 (4): 988–998. doi:10.1002/ar.24093. ISSN 1932-8486. PMID 30835954. S2CID 73488683.
  16. ^ Zanno, Lindsay E.; Drymala, Susan; Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Schneider, Vincent P. (2015-03-19). "Early crocodylomorph increases top tier predator diversity during rise of dinosaurs". Scientific Reports. 5 (1): 9276. Bibcode:2015NatSR...5E9276Z. doi:10.1038/srep09276. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4365386. PMID 25787306.
  17. ^ Drymala, Susan M.; Zanno, Lindsay E. (2016-06-15). "Osteology of Carnufex carolinensis (Archosauria: Psuedosuchia) from the Pekin Formation of North Carolina and Its Implications for Early Crocodylomorph Evolution". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0157528. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1157528D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157528. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4909254. PMID 27304665.
  18. ^ Schwab, Julia A.; Young, Mark T.; Neenan, James M.; Walsh, Stig A.; Witmer, Lawrence M.; Herrera, Yanina; Allain, Ronan; Brochu, Christopher A.; Choiniere, Jonah N.; Clark, James M.; Dollman, Kathleen N. (2020-04-20). "Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (19): 10422–10428. Bibcode:2020PNAS..11710422S. doi:10.1073/pnas.2002146117. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 7229756. PMID 32312812.
  19. ^ Ksepka, Daniel T.; Balanoff, Amy M.; Smith, N. Adam; Bever, Gabriel S.; Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S.; Bourdon, Estelle; Braun, Edward L.; Burleigh, J. Gordon; Clarke, Julia A.; Colbert, Matthew W.; Corfield, Jeremy R. (2020). "Tempo and Pattern of Avian Brain Size Evolution". Current Biology. 30 (11): 2026–2036.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.060. hdl:11336/141993. PMID 32330422. S2CID 216095924.
  20. ^ Hoffman, Devin K.; Heckert, Andrew B.; Zanno, Lindsay E. (2018-02-13). "Under the armor: X-ray computed tomographic reconstruction of the internal skeleton ofCoahomasuchus chathamensis(Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina, USA, and a phylogenetic analysis of Aetosauria". PeerJ. 6: e4368. doi:10.7717/peerj.4368. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5815331. PMID 29456892.
  21. ^ Hoffman, Devin K.; Heckert, Andrew B.; Zanno, Lindsay E. (2018-11-29). "Disparate Growth Strategies within Aetosauria: Novel Histologic Data from the Aetosaur Coahomasuchus chathamensis". The Anatomical Record. 302 (9): 1504–1515. doi:10.1002/ar.24019. ISSN 1932-8486. PMID 30408334. S2CID 53239179.
  22. ^ Zanno, Lindsay E.; Heckert, Andrew B.; Krzyzanowski, Stan E.; Lucas, Spencer G. (2002). "Diminutive metoposaurid skulls from the Upper Triassic Blue Hills (Adamanian: latest Carnian) of Arizona". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 21: 121–126.
  23. ^ KING, M. RYAN; GATES, TERRY A.; GINGRAS, MURRAY K.; ZANNO, LINDSAY E.; PEMBERTON, S. GEORGE (2018-01-16). "Transgressive Erosion Expressed as a Glossifungites-Bearing Woodground: An Example from the Blackhawk Formation, Utah". PALAIOS. 33 (1): 29–35. Bibcode:2018Palai..33...29K. doi:10.2110/palo.2016.111. ISSN 0883-1351. S2CID 135352052.
  24. ^ King, M. Ryan; La Croix, Andrew D.; Gates, Terry A.; Anderson, Paul B.; Zanno, Lindsay E. (2021-01-25). "Glossifungites gingrasi n. isp., a probable subaqueous insect domicile from the Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (3): 427–439. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.115. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 233301939.
  25. ^ Zanno, Lindsay E.; Varricchio, David J.; O'Connor, Patrick M.; Titus, Alan L.; Knell, Michael J. (2011-09-19). "A New Troodontid Theropod, Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America". PLOS ONE. 6 (9): e24487. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...624487Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024487. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3176273. PMID 21949721.
  26. ^ Zanno, Lindsay E.; Sampson, Scott D. (2005-12-30). "A new Oviraptorosaur (Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Utah". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (4): 897–904. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0897:anotmf]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 131302174.
  27. ^ Zanno, L.E.; Tucker, R.T.; Canoville, A.; Avrahami, H.M.; Gates, T.A.; Makovicky, P.J. (2019). "Diminutive fleet-footed tyrannosauroid narrows the 70-million-year gap in the North American fossil record". Communications Biology. 2 (64): 64. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0308-7. PMC 6385174. PMID 30820466.
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