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Dr. Lindsay Zanno, PhD

National Geographic Live

Rise of T. Rex

Tyrannosaurus rex is the most famous dinosaur out there, but few people know the true story of this species. We go on assignment with paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer Lindsay Zanno to dig sites in the remote deserts of the western U.S. to find out how T. rex evolved. Along the way, uncover the entire landscape—from plants to fish to mammals—where these memorable dinos reigned 66 million years ago.

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  Paleontologist Dr. Lindsay Zanno is uncovering the answer. Each year she spends several months on expedition, scouring the badlands of western North America in search of clues. Along the way, she has discovered many new species – including some of the earliest predecessors of T. Rex. Dr. Zanno takes a fascinating look at how a global climate crisis during the Cretaceous changed the course of evolution for this prehistoric tyrant and its ancestors.Lindsay Zanno is 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, where she oversees the unit’s collective research and educational activities, three research collections (paleobotany, invertebrate paleontology, and vertebrate paleontology), and directs the on-exhibit Paleontology Research Lab in the Nature Research Center building. She is one of the world’s leading experts on the evolution of theropod dinosaurs. Zanno has a soft spot for the American West, where she has discovered more than a dozen new species, including Siats, one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs on the continent, and Moros, North America’s tiniest tyrannosaur.

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