The heroine of palaeontology

The heroine on palaeontology, Mary Anning is famous around the globe for discovering some of the most important examples of fossils, mainly marine reptiles, in the world.
Mary anning was born over 200 years ago and lived in lyme regis ( now what is called the jurassic coast ) with her older brother joseph and her parents. Her father was a cabinetmaker but also collected fossils from the sea cliffs to sell to tourists to boost the family income, so when he died the family was left extremely poor, Mary, her brother and her mother carried on collecting fossils to make a living.
When mary was 11 she made a vital discovery which is now in the Natural History Museum in london, she found the first complete skeleton of an ichthyosaurus, ( a marine reptile with a large head, sharp teeth and brilliant eyes ). A year before Joseph had noticed part of the fossil sticking out of the cliffs, but it was Mary herself that put the work in to get the fossil out. Later on in life she found two more complete ichthyosaur skeletons that took years to carefully excavate out of the cliffs. The work she did was very dangerous because of landslides and one unfortunate landslide killed her dog, Tray.
Mary's little fossil shop did not make much money but many people rallied to help the family. one man, Thomas Birch even sold his own fossils to help them out in hard times. She met geologists from all over the globe who were interested in her finds and the new science of palaeontolgy ( the study of fossils ),  she became friends with many famous scientists including Henry de la Beche (  a president of the Geological society of London ). At the time it was unusual for a women, particularly one who was so poor, to know so muh about fossils and geology or any science for that matter. Mary spent nearly all her time hunting for fossils, but it was 10 years before she made her next really important discovery. She found the first almost- complete skeleton of a plesiosaurus, another marine reptile ( which had a ling neck and small head ). No mistake she made many other extremely important discoveries as well like the first British Pterodactyl ( a flying reptile ), a fossil belemnite with a ink sack kind of the same as a squid  and another plesiosaur which won new respect for her and her family. Just before the heroine died she was given a special award; she was named the first honorary member of the new dorset county museum and a stain glass window was placed in the local church as a thank you for all her great work.