Paleontologist Mary Anning discovered the ichthyosaur fossil in 1818, two decades before the word dinosaur was even part of our lexicon. The ancient marine reptiles got the name ichthyosaur ...

The original fossil was discovered in Lyme Regis by Dorset palaeontologist Mary Anning around 1818 and ... a metre long and staring at me was this ichthyosaur. Quickly took a few measurements ...

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 two centuries ago, her fossils ...

Her small dog, Tray, would have been skittering by her side. Self-taught paleontologist Mary Anning would search for fossils along the Dorset coast, accompanied by her dog, Tray. Photograph by ...

A Mary Anning in the making ... the researchers revealed that the jawbones belong to a new species of giant ichthyosaur that would have been about the size of a blue whale. The team named the ...

Ichthyosaurus was a marine reptile that dominated ... Pioneering figures like the amazing Mary Anning, a fossil collector and paleontologist from Victorian England, played a crucial role in ...

Skull of the ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus platydon, the first ever discovered. Mary Anning's brother Joseph found the skull in 1810 and Mary found parts of the neck a year later. Our collection ...