Mary Anning
English Explorer of the Jurassic World


Portrait of Mary Anning by B.J. Donne in 1841


Location of Lyme Regis, West Dorset, England


Skull of the Ichthyosaur that Mary’s Brother Joseph Discovered in 1811; 12-Year Old Mary Would Unearth the Remainder of the Fossilized Skeleton in 1812


Mary Anning’s Letter and Drawing Announcing Her Discovery of
Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus (December 26, 1823)



The Lyme Regis Coast


“Jurassic Coast”


Land Slip Near Lyme Regis (Location of Anning’s Discovery)


Lyme Regis in the Time of Mary Anning


Duria Antiquior (or “ancient dorset”) by Henry De la Beche Based on the Fossils Found by Mary Anning


Plesiosaurus Fossil


Museum Exhibit of Mary Anning’s Plesiosaurus Discovery


Museum Exhibit of Mary Anning’s Plesiosaurus Discovery


Mary Anning’s Fossil Extracting Tool


Artist’s Rendering of a Plesiosaurus


Artist’s Rendering of an Ichthyosaurus


Artist’s Rendering of the Pterosaur
Dimorphodon macronyx, Discovered by Mary Anning in 1928


Artist’s Rendering of a
Squaloraja - A bizarre Fossil Fish Discovered by Mary Anning in 1829


Artist’s Rendering of
Temnodontosaurus platyodon - A Huge Ichthyosaur Species Discovered by Mary Anning in 1830


Size Comparison of
Temnodontosaurus platyodon and Human Being


Grave of Mary Anning in Lyme Regis, West Dorset, England


1850 Stained Glass Window in Honor of Mary Anning at St. Michael’s Church in Lyme Regis, West Dorset, England. It Depticts the Six Corporate Acts of Mercy -- Feeding the Hungry, Giving Drink to the Thirsty, Clothing the Naked, Housing the Homeless, Visiting Orphans, and Visiting the Sick


St. Michael’s Church, where Mary Anning is Buried