Mary Anning was a pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector ... Scientists thought this was a crocodile. At the time most people assumed that unearthed, unrecognisable creatures had simply ...

Mary Anning was born on 21 May 1799 ... They thought it might be a crocodile, but what she had discovered was actually an ancient reptile called an ichthyosaur (which means ‘fish lizard’).

A seafront statue of palaeontologist Mary Anning has been unveiled in her hometown of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Anning's discoveries in the early 19th Century helped shape scientific understanding of ...

The planned statue model was superimposed on a photo of the new location in Lyme Regis A new location for a statue of Dorset palaeontologist Mary Anning has been chosen in her former hometown.

Mary Anning was a pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector ... Scientists thought this was a crocodile. At the time most people assumed that unearthed, unrecognisable creatures had simply ...