Joan wiffen information report

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Joan Wiffen
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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.
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Joan wiffen is a fossil hunter. She was the first person to find a theropods tailbone.

Joan Wiffen was born on the 4th of february 1922. She lived in hawkes bay. She had 2 kids and was married to Pont. Her children's name was Judifer and Christopher. Her job was a Palaeontologist.

Joan Wiffen was the first in New Zealand. In 1975 she found a theropods tailbone in manga hounga stream, in a rock. She found six different species. She found the fossils in rock, she used some special tools to split the rock apart and then they carried it to their car then they took it to Te Papa in Wellington or The University of Auckland.

In 1980 an Australian Palaeontologist called Dr Ralph Molnar and told her that she had found part of the dinosaur bones.
Other people started looking for fossils. For Example Dr Greg browne found Dinosaur footprints in  Northwest Nelson, another man called Jeffrey stilwell found several theropods and sauropods bones in chatham island, Brendan Hayes found a very small part  of theropods finger bone in Port waikato ( in the cliffs along the coast.)

Joan wiffen found the fossils before becoming a Palaeontologist in 1994 when she was given an Honorary Doctorate. She died at the age of 87 when she died and she died on the 30th of june 2009.She knows that Te Papa and The University of Auckland will keep her special treasure safe.

Joan Wiffen discovery will be very important and she will be remembered forever.