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Lindsay Zanno: Digging Into the World of Dinosaurs

Read more Lindsay Zanno, assistant research professor of biological sciences in the NC State College of Sciences and head of the Paleontology Research Lab at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, uncovers and studies fossils of ancient dinosaurs to learn about the biology of the modern world. Learn more about the NC State College of Sciences: https://sciences.ncsu.edu.

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Paleontology 101 - Untamed Science

Read more A big thanks to all current and future patrons who are helping fund this science communication outreach via Patreon: http://bit.ly/2Sfmkph If you've ever watched a Hollywood movie, like Jurassic Park, you probably think paleontologists go out looking for beautifully preserved fossil skeletons in the field. Truth be told, that's not exactly what paleontologists are likely to find in the field. In this video, I went out to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences to meet up with Lindsay Zanno. She helped walk me through the details of what it's like to get a dinosaur from the field into a display. The key things she emphasized were that a) it's a lot of work b) it's not glamorous c) rarely to they find complete skeletons d) they don't excavate it with little brushes out in the field and e) they spend close to 50 times the effort on a skeleton, in the lab, once it's been pulled out of the earth. Don't forget to subscribe to this channel for more great science videos! Our GEAR ------------ Main DSLR: https://amzn.to/2Sho2qc Second Camera: http://amzn.to/2B9HInR Main Lens: http://amzn.to/2BaEXTk The Adventure Camera Bag: http://amzn.to/2B8WYRH The Macro Lens: http://amzn.to/2hHUhxW Telephoto Lens: http://amzn.to/2za1FJV Our Mega Wide Lens: http://amzn.to/2z9KtnS Our BEST On-camera Mic: http://amzn.to/2hGuSVt The Drone: http://amzn.to/2z84Bqc My Moving Timelapse Setup: https://amzn.to/2SeCZcJ GoPro HERO 7: https://amzn.to/2ShoPHG Our Filmmaking Book: http://amzn.to/2zV88LS Our Music: https://goo.gl/roSjb7 The full video setup: https://kit.com/UntamedScience (By buying through these links you help us support the channel) On Social -------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/untamedscience/ (Jonas @behindthescience) Twitter: https://twitter.com/untamedscience Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/untamedscience Website: http://www.untamedscience.com YouTube: http://bit.ly/2EDk6vO (for most of my work) Here are more links to our work: If you're new to filmmaking, explore our series on Basic Photo and Video Techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-EG-A7IRIc Our behind-the-scenes YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/robnelsonfilms Help us create amazing, world-reaching content by translating and transcribing videos on our channel: https://goo.gl/ZHnFcL

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Moros intrepidus: North America's Tiny Tyrannosaur

Read more “Diminutive, fleet-footed tyrannosauroid narrows the 70-million-year gap in the North American fossil record” Published in Communications Biology 21 Feb 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0308-7 Authors: Lindsay Zanno, Terry Gates, Aurore Canoville, Haviv Avrahami, North Carolina State University; Peter Makovicky, Field Musem; Ryan Tucker, Stellenbosch University Abstract: To date, eco-evolutionary dynamics in the ascent of tyrannosauroids to top predator roles have been obscured by a 70-million-year gap in the North American (NA) record. Here we report discovery of the oldest Cretaceous NA tyrannosauroid, extending the lineage by ~15 million years. The new taxon—Moros intrepidus gen. et sp. nov.—is represented by a hind limb from an individual nearing skeletal maturity at 6–7 years. With a ~ 1.2-m limb length and 78 kg mass, M. intrepidus ranks among the smallest Cretaceous tyrannosauroids, restricting the window for rapid mass increases preceding the appearance of colossal eutyrannosaurs. Phylogenetic affinity with Asian taxa supports transcontinental interchange as the means by which iconic biotas of the terminal Cretaceous were established in NA. The unexpectedly diminutive and highly cursorial bauplan of NA’s earliest Cretaceous tyrannosauroids reveals an evolutionary strategy reliant on speed and small size during their prolonged stint as marginal predators. More: https://expeditionlive.org/

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Paleontology 101: The Utah 2014 Expedition

Read more Take a trip with our paleo crew as they dig up dinosaurs in the rocky deserts of Utah! Learn how they find fossils, excavate them, and then transport them across the country for further study. Keep up to date on the paleo crew's current expeditions at http://expeditionlive.org

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Siats - The New Mega-predatory Dinosaur

Read more A big thanks to all current and future patrons who are helping fund this science communication outreach via Patreon: http://bit.ly/2Sfmkph Scientists JUST discovered a new dinosaur: the Siats. We're finally able to release this to the world! Go Lindsay! Siats (pronounced SEE-OTTS) is a giant mega-predator (think T-Rex, but living at a different time). I just like saying that out loud -- GIANT MEGA-PREDATOR! This is the first large mega-predator found in the US in over 60 years, and it is the second or third largest carnivore EVER found in North America! We are excited to once again work with Dr. Lindsay Zanno of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences / Field Museum to announce a new dinosaur species! Today, we reveal... Siats meekerorum! Read up more about the Siats here: http://naturalsciences.org/siats and http://www.untamedscience.com/blog/siats/ Dinosaur drawings by Jorge Gonzales and Julio Lacerdo Camera by Michelle Lotker: www.michellelotker.com/‎ Special thanks to Lindsay Zanno and her entire Paleo crew. It's always a pleasure to come film with you all! If you're a teacher. Pearson OLE has a short lesson plan to accompany this video: http://olecommunity.com/look-out-t-rex-inside-the-latest-dinosaur-species-siats-meekerorum/ Don't forget to subscribe to this channel for more great science videos! Our GEAR ------------ Main DSLR: https://amzn.to/2Sho2qc Second Camera: http://amzn.to/2B9HInR Main Lens: http://amzn.to/2BaEXTk The Adventure Camera Bag: http://amzn.to/2B8WYRH The Macro Lens: http://amzn.to/2hHUhxW Telephoto Lens: http://amzn.to/2za1FJV Our Mega Wide Lens: http://amzn.to/2z9KtnS Our BEST On-camera Mic: http://amzn.to/2hGuSVt The Drone: http://amzn.to/2z84Bqc My Moving Timelapse Setup: https://amzn.to/2SeCZcJ GoPro HERO 7: https://amzn.to/2ShoPHG Our Filmmaking Book: http://amzn.to/2zV88LS Our Music: https://goo.gl/roSjb7 The full video setup: https://kit.com/UntamedScience (By buying through these links you help us support the channel) On Social -------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/untamedscience/ (Jonas @behindthescience) Twitter: https://twitter.com/untamedscience Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/untamedscience Website: http://www.untamedscience.com YouTube: http://bit.ly/2EDk6vO (for most of my work) Here are more links to our work: If you're new to filmmaking, explore our series on Basic Photo and Video Techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-EG-A7IRIc Our behind-the-scenes YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/robnelsonfilms Help us create amazing, world-reaching content by translating and transcribing videos on our channel: https://goo.gl/ZHnFcL

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Discovering and understanding a new type of dinosaur | UNC-TV Science

Read more Dr. Lindsay Zanno, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, joined with scientists at the Field Museum in Chicago, to announce the discovery of Siats (see-atch) meekerorum, a new type of dinosaur. For more information: http://science.unctv.org/content/digging-dinos or http://www.ncsu.edu/features/2013/11/dinosaur-discovery/ Dr. Lindsay Zanno, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, joined with scientists at the Field Museum in Chicago, to announce the discovery of Siats (see-atch) meekerorum, a new type of dinosaur. Paleontologists use specific methods to carefully uncover the details of not only what the world was like in the past but also how this individual lived, died and rotted in order to predict future ecosystems. Dr.Zanno compares paleontology to prehistoric forensics, specifically with how scientists look for clues that reveal not only how an animal lived but also what happened to it when it died. Evidence suggests that the Desert Mountains in Utah, where the bones were found, was once a lush wetland. As Dr.Zanno explains, "We live on a dynamic planet that is changing, we want to know what it is going to be like in the future and what we should do about it and what we should protect and how to fit in with our own ecosystem." Watch as researchers use specific methods to carefully uncover the details of not only what the world was like in the past but also how this individual lived, died and rotted. Funding for North Carolina Science Now provided by GSK.

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Rare Dinosaur Eggs Unearthed at the Museum

Read more Eggs and nests are among the rarest dinosaur fossils. Although large numbers of spectacular fossil nests have been discovered in Asia, very few dinosaur eggs have been discovered in North America and those that have, largely belong to duckbill or raptor dinosaurs. Now a team of paleontologists led by Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and assistant research professor at NC State University, has recovered the first clutch of eggs from a fascinating group of feathered, bird-like dinosaurs — known as oviraptorosaurs — ever discovered in North America. The 97-million-year-old clutch contains at least eight football-sized eggs (the exact count is currently unknown) found buried next to the remains of an ancient bank laden with trees.

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NC State Researchers Discover a New Dinosaur Species

Read more http://www.ncsu.edu NC State paleontologist Lindsay Zanno and her research team have uncovered something big: a colossal new species of dinosaur. Siats meekerorum, a megapredator, is the third-largest carnivore ever discovered in North America and lived in sections of modern-day Utah. For more on the discovery, visit http://www.ncsu.edu/features/2013/11/dinosaur-discovery/. For a full transcript of this video, visit http://go.ncsu.edu/dinosaur-discovery.

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New Dino Discovery!

Read more Museum Paleontologist to Unveil New Tyrannosaur Species Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and paleontologist at North Carolina State University, will announce the discovery of a new, diminutive – by T. rex standards – relative of the tyrant king of dinosaurs. The discovery reveals crucial new information about when and how T. rex came to rule the North American roost.

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A Dino Egg Airlift

Read more NC State paleontologist Lindsay Zanno led a team that discovered the first clutch of oviraptorosaur eggs on the North American continent. Watch them lift the 1,800-pound jacket of eggs via helicopter to prepare for transport to her lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences for further study. Video courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

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Press Event Announcing the Dinosaur Siats meekerorum

Read more Event held at the Daily Planet Theater in the Nature Research Center at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on Friday November 22, 2013. A new species of carnivorous dinosaur — one of the three largest ever discovered in North America — lived alongside and competed with small-bodied tyrannosaurs 98 million years ago. This newly discovered species, Siats meekerorum, (pronounced see-atch) was the apex predator of its time, and kept tyrannosaurs from assuming top predator roles for millions of years. http://naturalsciences.org/about-us/news/colossal-new-predatory-dino-terrorized-early-tyrannosaurs More information about Siats meetkerorum here http://naturalsciences.org/siats.

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Rare dinosaur egg nest, discovered by Museum paleontologist, recovered by helicopter

Read more Hundreds of oviraptorosaur nests, each containing dozens of eggs, are known from China and Mongolia, yet only two fragmentary eggs have yet been definitively described from the continent of North America. That all changed in October, 2017, when a team of paleontologists led by Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and assistant research professor at N.C. State University, recovered a clutch of more than eight football-sized oviraptorosaur eggs, from sediments deposited during the Late Cretaceous around 97 million years ago. “This is the first time we found a clutch of oviraptorosaur eggs on the North American continent,” Zanno says, “it’s incredibly exciting for us.” Zanno adds that discovering the eggs, tucked in the side of a 2,000-foot, sheer cliff-face her team dubbed the “Cliffs of Insanity” (a name that needs no explanation to fans of “The Princess Bride”), was just the beginning. After preparing the egg clutch for removal, the resulting plaster-encased nest was well beyond the team’s capacity to carry out on foot, and no vehicle could reach the cliff. That left only one solution — helicopter salvage. After airlifting the clutch from the cliff, the eggs were laid carefully into the bed of a truck-drawn trailer for transportation back to North Carolina. Now, safely back at the Museum, chief fossil preparator Aaron Giterman has begun to slowly release the fossil eggs from the surrounding rock so they can be studied. Visitors to the Museum can watch the preparation of eggs behind the glass walls of the Paleontology Research Lab beginning on March 29, 2018. Full Press Release: http://bit.ly/dinoeggspr

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Paleontologists do not study mummies & Archaeologists do not study dinosaurs 
Archaeologist Caroline Rocheleau and paleontologist Lindsay Zanno compare and contrast these often confused sciences

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