Anning, Mary (1799-1847)
English paleontologist
Mary Anning, a self-educated fossil hunter and collector, was eventually credited with the first discovery of the plesiosaur.
Anning was born in Lyme Re...
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Mary Anning (1799-1847) made several important discoveries as an amateur fossil collector in the first half of the nineteenth century, including a nearly complete skeleton of an Ichthyosaur. Her findi...
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