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**[|Mary Anning] (1799-1847)**




 * See also [|Mary Anning from the Lyme Regis Museum]**

Mary Anning from BBC Primary History has interactive sections for exploring her life and discoveries

[|Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter] from National Center for Science Education


 * She discovered her first fossil, an ichthyosaur, in 1811 when she was 12 years old **

**Multimedia Resources**
 * [|Mary Anning]from University of Reading


 * Mary Anning, Fossil Hunter, an animated story from Science Box on YouTube


 * Google Doodle Video
 * Go here for a commentary on Mary Anning's 215th Birthday Google Doodle and with biographical information


 * Mary Anning: The Greatest Fossilist in the World

Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science. Jeannine Atkins, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016

Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon, Jeannine Atkins, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2012


 * Welcome to the Wonderful World of Ichthyosaurs**


 * Rulers of the Jurassic Seas, Scientific American**


 * [[image:Screen Shot 2016-10-29 at 11.53.04 AM.png width="60" height="58"]]For Historical Context, see AP World History Key Concept 5.1**