Lindsay Zanno

Head of paleontology @naturalsciences & Associate Research Professor @NCSUBioSci. President of @JurassicFDN.

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

If you haven't heard... the Dueling Dinosaurs experience is now open @NaturalSciences. It was an eight-year journey to get here filled with amazing moments and fueled by the hearts and souls of so many. Let's look back.

[Alessandro Chiarenza @AAlechiarenza]

New MADEx paper led by @gravelmonkey_76 in @sedimentology: we refine the geology & paleoenvironment of Mongolia’s Bayanshiree Fm, home to iconic taxa like Segnosaurus & Garudimimus. A 95.5–89.6 Ma age ties it to the peak of the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum🌡 https://t.co/5JrIDqx0wz

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

If you want to read more, check out the paper open access in Communications Earth & Environment! and huge thanks to @NatGeo for funding the research and exploration that led us to this discovery.
https://t.co/UZxOhgW1RS

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

They say things happen in three...

It's been a busy couple of months w/ the announcement of our new pachycephalosaur #dinosaur #Zavacephale, resurrection of #Nanotyrannus, and now, published today, the final of our big impact papers of 2025... direct dating of dinosaur fossils!

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

This is seriously cool stuff… direct dating eggshell is a huge advance. We are already dating dinosaur eggs worldwide, and we can't wait better to constrain questions about #dinosaur ecology and evolution!

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

@JGN_Paleo @NaturalSciences @NCStateNews @NCStateSciences @NCStateBioSci incredible artwork by Anthony Hutchings. A pack of #Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile T. rex... too on the nose?

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

Whew. A little thing happened today. Honored to have done this work with the outstanding @JGN_Paleo. I was a skeptic when I stepped into this, but no denying it #Nanotyrannus is valid. @JGN_Paleo and I left no stone unturned. And by the way, there are juvi T. rex, stay tuned...

[Dr. James G. Napoli @JGN_Paleo]

It's real.

And it's spectacular.

Sometimes, one fossil really can change everything you think you know. NEW PAPER (see bottom of thread) AND 🧵

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

New insights into early therizinosaur evolution! Newly described cranial bones of Falcarius utahensis—the oldest known therizinosaur—reveal key transitions in skull form and feeding anatomy.
Freimuth & Zanno: https://t.co/hYl3yE9CDI

[Alessandro Chiarenza @AAlechiarenza]

What are the biggest questions in #paleontology? New paper out now in Paleobiology led by Smith & Kiessling with ~200 coauthors, on the relevance of our field, methods, & museum collections to climate & biodiversity research🦖 #FossilFriday @PaleoSoc
🔗 https://t.co/YotdbAbqbX

[Chinzorig @Dino_Chinzorig]

#FossilFriday Many questions unanswered or even we have not thought about them left behind the sciences. A team of >200 scientists globally joined to answer these mysterious/untouched questions to recover the hidden knowledges. Find BIG team’s BIG Questions paper in the comment.

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

Announcing Zavacephale! So excited to share this cute little beastie with the world! Zavacephale is the oldest and most complete pachy. It’s also a juvenile with a full set of combat headgear! Check out our paper published in Nature today. https://t.co/RxalSnliRi

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

The night sky in the #gobi desert of #mongolia does not disappoint. We even caught the total lunar eclipse! #MADEx2025 #dinodig25 @NaturalSciences @NCStateBioSci @NCStateSciences

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

For our final week, we set up base camp in the southernmost Gobi. We made some spectacular discoveries… tiny crocs, embryonic dinos, minuscule coprolites filled w/ lizard bones, and mammals that scurried about under dinosaur feet. This place is magic. #MADEx2025 #dinodig25

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

Stopped at the Flaming Cliffs for a night of sleeping under the stars on our way to base camp 3 in the southernmost Gobi. Still bone and eggshell to be found. Be still my beating heart. #MADEx2025 #dinodig25