She was born to Richard,and lived in Lyme,Regis South England. Mary was the prime location to

lead a life of fossil collecting. She was born on May 21

1799.

At the age of 12 Mary Anning was to become one of the most famous and popular palaeontologist with her discovery of a complete itchysourous. Mary was not taken seriously because she was a women scientist while normally scientist are men from wealthy families .Mary Annings itchysourous discovery means fish lizard in 1823.