Lindsay Zanno

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

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.

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Education

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

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 , [26] the oviraptorosaur Hagryphus giganteus , [27] the iguanodontian Choyrodon barsboldi , [14] the allosauroid Siats meekerorum , [10] and the tyrannosauroid Moros intrepidus . [28] Her work is supported by numerous awards, primarily from the National Science Foundation, [29] [30] [31] [32] 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] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37]

Zanno serves as the president of the Jurassic Foundation [38] and co-chair of the program committee for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting [39] and previously served as Science Advocate for the Walking With Dinosaurs Arena Spectacular and on-air host for The Ice Age Exhibition. [5]

Below is a list of taxa that Zanno has contributed to naming:

YearTaxonAuthors
2024 Fona herzogae gen. et sp. nov.Avrahami, Makovicky, Tucker, & Zanno [40]
2023 Iani smithi gen. et sp. nov.Zanno, Gates, Avrahami, Tucker, & Makovicky [41]
2019 Moros intrepidus gen. et sp. nov.Zanno, Tucker, Canoville, Avrahami, Gates, & Makovicky [28]
2018 Choyrodon barsboldi gen. et sp. nov.Gates, Tsogtbaatar, Zanno, Chinzorig, & Watabe [14]
2015 Carnufex carolinensis gen. et sp. nov.Zanno, Drymala, Nesbitt, & Schneider [42]
2013 Siats meekerorum gen. et sp. nov.Zanno & Makovicky [10]
2011 Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov.Zanno, Varrichio, O'Connor, Titus, & Knell [25]
2009 Nothronychus graffami sp. nov.Zanno, Gillette, Albright, & Titus [43]
2007 Velafrons coahuilensis gen. et sp. nov.Gates, Sampson, Delgado De Jesús, Zanno, Eberth, Hernandez-Rivera, Aguillón Martínez, & Kirkland [26]
2005 Hagryphus giganteus gen. et sp. nov.Zanno & Sampson [27]
2005 Falcarius utahensis gen. et sp. nov.Kirkland, Zanno, Sampson, Clark, & DeBlieux [6]

Outreach and science communication

Zanno is active in community and science outreach, including on Twitter and through ExpeditionLive!, a platform developed to connect with the public during fieldwork. [44] 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; [45] Shark Teeth Forensics, which provides primary school students with the opportunity to conduct research using shark teeth; [46] 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 . [47] 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. [48] [49] 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. [50] [51] [52]

References

  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.
  5. 1 2 3 "Lindsay Zanno". Zanno Lab 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  6. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 Zanno, Lindsay E.; Makovicky, Peter J. (22 November 2013). "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. ↑ 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. 1 2 3 Gates, Terry A.; Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav; Zanno, Lindsay E.; Chinzorig, Tsogtbaatar; Watabe, Mahito (3 August 2018). "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. Bibcode:2020CBio...30E2026K. 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.
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  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. Bibcode:2021JPal...95..427K. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.115. ISSN   0022-3360. S2CID   233301939.
  25. 1 2 Zanno, Lindsay E.; Varricchio, David J.; O'Connor, Patrick M.; Titus, Alan L.; Knell, Michael J. (19 September 2011). "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. 1 2 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. (12 December 2007). "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 . Retrieved 2 January 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.
  27. 1 2 Zanno, Lindsay E.; Sampson, Scott D. (30 December 2005). "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 . Retrieved 2 January 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.
  28. 1 2 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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