#  Cancelled— OEB Seminar Series: Lindsay Zanno 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 27, 2025** 

 03:30PM - 03:30PM EDT 

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 **Northwest Building B101, 52 Oxford Street**  



 

 



 

   ![Lindsay Zanno](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/oeb/files/lindsay_zanno.jpeg?itok=rk-5Aaw3) 

 

[Lindsay Zanno](https://www.expeditionlive.org/about-the-lab)  
Head of Paleontology in the Museum of Natural Sciences   
Associate Research Professor  
North Carolina State University

*Heroes & Kings: modeling the life history of tyrant dinosaurs*

**Abstract:** Tyrannosaurs were among the largest terrestrial predators to have inhabited Earth. After over a century of study, the factors surrounding their rise to ecological dominance, both intrinsic and extrinsic, remain poorly constrained. Evidence suggests that tyrannosaurs seized top predator niches opportunistically after a trophic network reshuffling spurred by the mid-Cretaceous super-greenhouse event. However, the adaptive mechanisms by which they achieved this status and potential abiotic forcing factors are only beginning to emerge. New data on species-specific growth patterns, sociosexual behaviors, and reproductive physiology of tyrannosaurs provide a fresh window into the life of tyrants at all scales—from baby to behemoth, and secondary predator to Hollywood star.

**Host:** Professor Stephanie Pierce



 

 



 

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