Monday, July 1, 2019

JOAN WIFFEN

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Joan Wiffen
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Introduction 


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Early life 
Born in ??
Lived where??
Married to…?? KIds??
What was her job??

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 
First in NZ. 1975. Manga Manga 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
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
Honorary doctorate in 1994. 
Died in ??

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 Famous hunter Because she was the First women in new zealand found a fossil.


Joan wiffen was born on the 4 of fed 1922 hawkes bay
She was married to Montague Arthur but they call hem Pont Joan wiffen and point have 2 children. And her job was called paleontologist.

In 1975 Joan wiffen first found a fossil in nz she found it at manga manga stream.

An australian paleontologist. Brendan hayes found a single, very small finger bone of a theropod dinosaur fund by south of port waikato.
Dr greg Browne fund a Dinosaur footprints found at Northwest Nelson.
Dr Jeffrey Stilwell found a several dinosaur bones found at Tioriori, Chatham Islands.

She got an honorary Doctorate in 1994.

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