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Monday 1 July 2019

Brainstorm and plan. 

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. 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
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. 
Conclusion 


Joan wiffen born 4 February 1922.Joan wiffen was born in nz and she lived in nz.Joan wiffen she had two kids and  husband.Joan wiffen had a job was paleontologists.Joan wiffen was famous because she was the first one to find fossil in nz. 
She was the first to tailbone in nz.Joan wiffen find theropod  tail bone fossil in hawksbay then after that they to find more.then she six dinosaurs of fossil. The name of it is sauropod theropod thousyopod and dino avians. Mr Ralph molnar find the bone of a dinosaur.Then people wants to find fossil to.The End.



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