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Joan Wiffen

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Introduction		She was the first person in nz to find a fossil of a theropod.
Paragraph 2	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.
Paragraph 3	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.
Paragraph 4	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 somen    - page 24.
Paragraph 5	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 was born in 4 february 1922, and she was born in nz, she lived in nz by nz hawkes bay. Joan wiffen has 2 big kids and she was married to leslie allan wiffen, she was a palaeontologist  finding fossils non avian fossils the first fossil shed seen was given to her it was an ancient squid palaeontology.In 1975,in Mahanga stream,hawkes bay. she found a fossil with her husband it was a tailbone of a theropod inn a big rock in the river.

Joan wiffen died in 30 june 2009, in hastings hospital at the age of 87.