Lindsay Zanno

Lindsay E. Zanno is an American vertebrate paleontologist and who is an expert in the taxonomy of therizinosaurs and is known for her innovative use of X-ray computed tomography in reconstructing dinosaurs. She is the director of the Paleontology & Geology Research Laboratory at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science.[1][2]

Lindsay E. Zanno
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]

Career

With Peter J. Makovicky of the Field Museum of Natural History, Zanno excavated a large carnivorous allosauroid dinosaur in Utah, Siats meekerorum, that was unusual because the Neovenatoridae, carnivorous allosauroids, had been unknown in North America.[3]

She was also the lead author of the paper describing the small-bodied basal tyrannosauroid Moros intrepidus.[4]

Serves as a scientific board member for the Jurassic Foundation.[5]

Education

Zanno received her B.Sc. from the University of New Mexico in 1999, and her graduate degrees from the University of Utah (M.Sc. in 2004, Ph.D. in 2008).[6]

Achievements

Zanno has published over 170 scientific papers.

Her work has been featured by the Science Channel, History Channel, National Geographic, the New York Times, NPR and the BBC.[5]

Launched a real-time social media platform called ExpeditionLive! in 2012.[5]

She has discovered several new dinosaur species.[7]

References
  1. Stone, Gavin (19 November 2014). "Restoring the world's rarest fossils". Technician Online. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. Benton, Michael J. (October 20, 2014). Vertebrate Paleontology. Wiley-Blackwell; 4 edition. ISBN 978-1118406847.
  3. "Siats meekerorum: New Giant Dinosaur Found in Utah". Sci-News.com. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. 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.
  5. "DinoFest 2017 Speaker: Dr. Lindsay Zanno". Natural History Museum of Utah. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  6. "Nature Research Center: Lindsay Zanno". North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  7. "Lindsay E. Zanno | DinoData". dino-data.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-21.


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