Paleontology Research Lab, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University
Weaponry &
Ornamentation
Research on sociosexual selection and unusual structures
in dinosaurs and other tetrapods
Selected Publications
Arbour V, Zanno LE. 2019. Convergent evolution of tail weaponry in glyptodonts and ankylosaurs. Journal of Anatomy (invited contribution). Published online 05 03 2019 DOI: 10.1002/ar.24093
Arbour V, Zanno LE. 2018. The Evolution of Tail Weaponization in Amniotes. Proc R Soc B. Published 17 January 2018.DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2299
Gates TA, Organ C, Zanno LE. 2016. Ornamentation and the rapid evolution of gigantic theropod dinosaurs. Nature Comm. 7:12931 doi:10.1038/ncomms12931
Zanno LE, Tsogtbaatar K, Noto C, Hedrick B, Cordero S. 2016. Restoring an Enigma: Dimensional Comparison Analysis and Keratinous Sheath Reconstruction of the Manual Unguals of Therizinosaurus. International Symposium “The 70th Anniversary of Mongolian Paleontological Expedition of Academy of Sciences, USSR” Progr Abstr, 2016, 48
Arbour VM, Zanno LE, Evans DC. 2020. Evidence For Intraspecific Combat, Rather Than Antipredator Defense, As The Selective Pressure Underlying The Evolution Of Ankylosaurine Tail Clubs. J Vert Paleontol Progr Abstr
Gates TA, Organ C, Zanno LE. 2018. Quantifying the evolution of theropod cranial ornaments. Theo Murphy International Scientific Meeting Sexual Selection: Patterns in the History of Life. https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/05/sexual-selection/
Gates TA, Organ C, Zanno LE. 2014. Non-avian theropod socio-ecology: Can galliform birds provide insights? J Vert Paleontol Progr Abstr, 2014, 135