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Mary Anning's legacy. Mary died from breast cancer in 1847. She was only 47 years old, and still in financial strain despite a lifetime of extraordinary scientific discoveries. Today the Natural History Museum in London showcases several of Mary Anning's spectacular finds, including her ichthyosaur, plesiosaur and pterosaur. Much like they did

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Welcome to episode 2 of Curiosities of the Natural History Museum London. In this episode we explore two of Mary Annings fundamental discoveries, Her first I

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On display in the Museum is the partial skeleton of a young ichthyosaur with stomach contents from the Lower Jurassic. This 195-million-year-old marine reptile was discovered in Lyme Regis at some time before 1836 by the British palaeontologist Mary Anning (1799-1847). The ichthyosaur fossil is so well preserved that fish bones and scales

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The specimen was the first discovery of a complete Ichthyosaur and was made by Mary Anning and her brother Joseph in 1811 in the 205 million year old Jurassic Blue Lias from cliffs nearby. ... probably by sea where it was exhibited at William Bullock's Museum of Natural Curiosities. In 1819 the specimen was purchased by the British Museum (at

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Courtesy of The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. Mary Anning (1799-1847) was one of the best known paleontologists of her time. Born in the English seaside resort town of Lyme Regis, Anning's most famous fossil discoveries were giant ocean reptiles, like the first ichthyosaur specimen recognized by the Geological Society in

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Paul Barrett at the Natural History Museum in London says: "Mary was an extraordinary fossil collector, who found hundreds of scientifically important fossils in what was to become a boom time

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Fossil hunter Mary Anning found more than just extinct animals on Dorset's coastline: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-a-coprolite.html----------------T

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Mary's Curiosities Mary was born in the seaside town of Lyme Regis in Dorset in 1799. ... Mary Anning. Mary's Ichthyosaur. When Mary was 12 years old, she and her brother discovered a ... and other fossilised creatures are on display at the Natural History Museum in London. Page 2 of 3. Mary Anning.

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Mary's Curiosities. As a child, Mary would spend hours on the beach with her father . hunting for fossils in the rocks. They collected these curiosities but . didn't call them 'fossils' since they did not know what they were or how . they were made. Name: Mary Anning. Year of Birth: 1799. Place of Birth: Lyme Regis in Dorset.

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Mary was given a yearly payment by the Geological Society of London. Mary discovered an ichthyosaur. 2.Who sold 'curiosities' with Mary? Tick one. Elizabeth Philpot tourists. her family an important man of science 3.How old was Mary when she discovered the ichthyosaur? Mary was 12 years old when she discovered the ichthyosaur. 4.

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First discoveries. Less than a year later, Anning, with the help of her brother, uncovered a fossil that baffled scientists. It was 17 feet (5.2 meters) long, had 60 vertebrae, and took months to

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This is Mary Anning. She was famous for finding fossils. She lived by the sea in the town of Lyme Regis in Dorset. Mary was the first person to find a whole Ichthyosaurus skeleton. You can see

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Key learning points. Mary Anning was a famous palaeontologist, known as one of the greatest fossil hunters to have ever lived. Male scientists at the time often did not credit her discoveries because she was a woman from a poor background. Today the Natural History Museum in London showcases several of Mary Anning's spectacular finds.

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In 1811, Mary Anning and her older brother Joseph discovered a strange-looking skull eroding out of the cliffs of Lyme Regis on England's Dorset coast. The fossil turned out to be the head of an ichthyosaur, a sea-going contemporary of the dinosaurs. (At the time the word "dinosaur" had not yet been coined.) This was the first of Mary

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577. Plesiosaur. John Cummings/cc by-sa 3.0. Mary Anning was born to a poor family at the turn of the 19th century in the English seaside town of Lyme Regis. There was little to indicate she would

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Mary Anning Timeline. Here is a timeline of Mary Anning's life, including her most famous discoveries: 1799: Mary Anning is born on 21st of May 1799 in Lyme Regis, Dorset. 1811: At 12 years old, Anning discovers the remains of an Ichthyosaurus skull. 1823: Mary discovers the first complete Plesiosaurus skeleton, along with the remains of the

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Mary Anning Mary would spend hours on the beach with her father... on display at the Natural History Museum in London. Her ichthyosaur and other fossils are... special protection in 2001 for its important rocks and fossils. The Jurassic Coast was given... a fossil collector called Elizabeth Philpot. Mary became friends with... hunting for fossils.

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Described by the Natural History Museum as an 'unsung hero', Anning's fame has escalated over the last few decades as the story of this Lyme Regis fossil cognoscente has spread far and wide. ... Her many discoveries, including finding the first fully formed ichthyosaur (fish lizard) when she was just 12 years old, is one of the reasons

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Do you know the story of one of palaeontology's unsung heroes? This #WomensHistoryMonth, we're taking a deep dive into the life and works of Mary

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Today the skeleton is at the Natural History Museum. 6. She was also the first to discover the complete skeleton of a Plesiosaurus. In 1823, 12 years after her ichthyosaur discovery and now aged 22, Mary Anning became the first person to unearth a complete skeleton of another prehistoric sea creature - the plesiosaur.

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Mary Anning and the Dinosaur Hunters will be screened at Lyme Regis Marine Theatre on Sunday 9 June as part of the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. Follow BBC South on Facebook, X, or Instagram. Send

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The span of Anning's life, from 1799 to 1847, was an age when geology was seen as the queen of the sciences. Anning herself was described as "the princess of palaeontology" in 1837. After

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'I carried out extensive research at the Philpot Museum, Dorset Museum, the Natural History Museum and with staff at all the Lyme Regis Fossil Festivals I attended. Everyone has been extremely supportive and museum display replicas of Mary's finds, including the original ichthyosaur, were used in Mary's fossil workshop scenes, courtesy of