Mary Anning
玛丽·安宁
Pioneer of Paleontology
Biography
Mary Anning was a fossil collector and self-taught paleontologist who made some of the most important finds in the history of geology. Working the treacherous cliffs of Lyme Regis, she discovered the first correctly identified ichthyosaur skeleton at age 12, and later found the first plesiosaur and the first pterosaur known outside Germany. Despite her extraordinary discoveries, as a working-class woman she was excluded from the scientific societies that studied her finds.
玛丽·安宁是一位化石收集者和自学成才的古生物学家，她做出了地质学史上一些最重要的发现。在莱姆里吉斯危险的悬崖上工作，她12岁时发现了第一具被正确鉴定的鱼龙骨骼，后来又发现了第一具蛇颈龙和德国以外已知的第一只翼龙。尽管她的发现非同寻常，但作为一名工人阶级女性，她被排斥在研究她发现的科学学会之外。
Key Achievements
Discovered first correctly identified ichthyosaur skeleton
发现第一具被正确鉴定的鱼龙骨骼
Found first plesiosaur and first British pterosaur
发现第一具蛇颈龙和第一只英国翼龙
Fundamental contributions to understanding prehistoric life
对理解史前生命做出根本性贡献
References & Citations
- Wikipedia: Mary Anning — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning
- Emling, Shelley. The Fossil Hunter. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
