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​ **Mary Anning** Occupation Mary Anning was a fossist, she studies mostly fossils that she finds. As a child Mary would go to the beach with her father and look fo fossils. Unlike her brother Mary had a sharp eye which sh used to look for fossils. Mary Anning was very interested in finding fossils as a child and as she grew older. Here is one of the pictures of her and her brother Joseph looking through the dirt:

Birth & Death She was born in May 21 ,1799 and she died in March 9,1847. Mary owned a dog named Trey. Mary's brother Joseph was 2 years older than Mary. Suddenly Joseph stopped hunting for fossils because​ I believe he got tired and jealous.

What was Mary Anning known for? Mary Anning was known fo being the first to find an Ichthyosaurus' bone in 1821, she was also known for finding the first the Plesiosaurus' bone in 1823, at a young age. Most prehistoric animals were not called dinosaurs. (I am unaware of its name)A Plesiosaurus is a type of dinosaur that is an aquatic reptile. On the other hand the Ichthyosaurus is at average 2 meters long, and it's weight is 200 pounds.

A map of where Mary Anning was born: Interesting Facts Mary and her brother Joseph were the only two to make it to maturity out of ten kids. Eight out of Ten of the children in the Anning family died from sickness'. Mary was 11 when she found the first Ichthyosaurus' dinosaur bone.The sickness' are unknown. There is a song created that speaks some of her family and life. And here is one of the verses of the song:

Do you know Mary Anning? Born on a southern shore her father Richard was a cabinetmaker and Richard died too early and left the Annings poor, but lucky Mary Anning found an icthyosaur.

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Forrest, Richard."The Plesiosaur Site." //What is a Plesiosaur?.// CBRP Ltd, November 22nd 2007.Web. 27 Sept. 2009. 