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Joan Wiffen
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Introduction
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Joan wiffen was a fossil explorer and a dinosaur hunter
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Early life
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Born in ?? 4 february 1922
Lived where?? NZ
Married to…?? KIds?? Joan wiffen was married to pont wiffen. Christopher and judith.
What was her job?? A runner in defence headquarters.
First fossil she ever had was given an Ammonite (fossil of an ancient squid) that made her interested in finding fossils.
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Discovering fossils
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First in NZ. 1975. Mangahouanga Stream in Hawke’s Bay. dinosaur tailbone from a theropod. From six different species. Joan and family and friends.
Fossils were in rocks, used some special tools to split the rocks open, carried it to her car.
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Changing ideas about fossils
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An Australian paleontologist Dr Ralph Molnar confirmed it was a dinosaur bone in 1980.
Other people started looking for fossils and found some - page 24.
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Later life
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Honorary doctorate in 1994.
Died in ?? 2009
She is remembered - her fossils are kept safe. Some are at the University of Auckland, some are at National Paleontological collections at GNS Science in Lower hutt. The first one she found is on display at Te Papa.
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Joan wiffen was a fossil explorer and a dinosaur hunter
Joan wiffen was born 4 feb 1922, she lived in NZ; her husband is pont wiffen and her two kids names are christopher and judith. Joan wiffen job was a runner in defence headquarters. She died in 20009. Her fossils were kept safe.
Joan wiffen found fossils in rocks to use good tools to open the rock up. After they find a fossil they carry it on their car then they take it to the dinosaur,fossil museum. She wasn't the only one to find fossils, mary anning was a fossil hunter to.
Mary anning,Richard owen,joan wiffen and Dr Ralph molnar where the people who discovered fossils and dinosaur bones like sauropod, theropod and pterosaur. They all studied about fossils and dinosaur bones, which means that they are called paleontologists.
All of the fossils they discovered were at the museum Te Papa. and its nice and safe. Now we all know that we will remember them and they will be famous, fossil hunter.
She was a famous fossil hunter and dinosaur hunter. We will remember her.