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Quick facts for kids Mary Anning | |
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| Born | 21 May 1799 Lyme Regis, Dorset, England |
| Died | 9 March 1847 Lyme Regis |
| Occupation | Fossil collector and paleontologist |
| Children | none |
| Parent(s) | Richard and Mary Anning |
This blue plaqueis mounted on what is believed to be the site of the house where Mary Anning was born and had her first fossil shop, currently site of the Lyme Regis Museum
Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an early 19th-century Britishfossil collector, dealer and paleontologist.
Mary anning later life
She earnt her living finding and preparing fossils, in the rich Jurassicmarinestrata at Lyme Regis, Dorset where she lived. She made many important finds. These included the first ichthyosaur skeleton to be correctly identified (Temnodontosaurus platyodon); the first two plesiosaur skeletons ever found (Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus); the first pterosaur skeleton found outside Germany (Dimorphodon macronyx); and some important
