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Dippy, a replica of a Diplodocus skeleton, first arrived in London in 1905. This treasured dinosaur served as an awe-inspiring welcoming sight for visitors to the Museum from 1979 to 2017.
- Dippy The Dino-Star
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- Taking Dippy Down
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- Dippy The Dino-Star
A specimen of Ichthyosaurus anningae that was discovered by Mary Anning. First ichthyosaur. Around 1811, when Mary was 12, Joseph found a strange-looking fossilised skull. Mary then searched for and painstakingly dug the outline of its 5.2-metre-long skeleton.
- Selected Works by Mary Anning
- Selected Descriptive Works About Mary Anning’s Discoveries
- Other Works About Mary Anning’s Discoveries
- Other Scientific References
- Biographical References & Further Reading
Anning, M. 1839. Note on the supposed frontal spine in the genus Hybodus. Magazine of Natural History36: 605.
Buckland, W. 1829. On the discovery of a new species of Pterodactyle in the Lias of Lyme Regis. Transactions of the Geologica Society of London S2–3: 217–222. Link Buckland, W. 1829. On the discovery of coprolites, or fossil faeces, in the Lias at Lyme Regis, and in other formations. Transactions of the Geological Society of London S2–3: 223–236. L...
De la Beche, H. 1830. Duria Antiquior. (This painting is based on Mary Anning’s fossil finds and was used to raise money for her support) Link
Andrews, C.W. 1896. On the structure of the plesiosaurian skull. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 52: 246–253. Link Vincent, P., and R.B.J. Benson. 2012. Anningasaura, a basal plesiosaurian (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Lower Jurassic of Lyme Regis, United Kingdom. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32: 1049–1063. Link
Bates, M. 2011. The legacy of Mary Anning, lifelong fossil hunter. AAAS, 18 October 2011. Link Berta, A., and S. Turner. 2020. Rebels, scholars, explorers: Women in vertebrate paleontology. Johns Hopkins University Press. Birch, S.P. no date. Mary Anning: Happy birthday Mary Anning! Trowelblazers. Link Carius, C.G. 1846. The King of Saxony’s journe...
- BBC Bitesize. This is Mary Anning. She was famous for finding fossils. She lived by the sea in the town of Lyme Regis in Dorset. Mary was the first person to find a whole Ichthyosaurus...
Mar 29, 2021 · In 1811, her brother Joseph found a skull protruding from an eroding cliff face. It took months for Mary to carefully uncover a skeleton of the first Ichthyosaurus described as such in London....
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After 112 years on display at the museum, the dinosaur replica was removed in early 2017 to be replaced by the 25 m (82 ft) long skeleton of a young blue whale, dubbed "Hope".
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Cast from the type specimen found in America, the Diplodocus has moved location, changed posture and in 2016 the Museum announced that Dippy would be replaced by a blue whale skeleton. Diplodocus was first described as a new type of dinosaur in 1878 by Professor Othniel C Marsh at Yale University.
