Lindsay Zanno

Lindsay Zanno
Nationality American
Fields paleontology
Institutions North Carolina State University[1]
Alma mater University of Chicago

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

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).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ "Nature Research Center: Lindsay Zanno". North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


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