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In fact the meeting of @GeolSoc #OTD in 1829 was a bit of a #MaryAnning fest, William Buckland announcing not only her pterosaur, and coprolites, but her also discovery of fossil sepia, the preserved ink sacs of cephalopods. 1/3

Not only #OTD in 1829 did William Buckland announce #MaryAnning's pterosaur at a @GeolSoc meeting, but he also described her recognition of bezoar stones as fossil faeces, for which he coined the term 'coprolite'. 1/3

#OTD in 1830 #MaryAnning wrote to JS Miller, Curator of Bristol Institution @bristolmuseum offering him an ichthyosaur paddle for £1, and a fossil fish she had discovered in December 1829. She recognised that it was a new, undescribed fossil and sought a modern analogue: 1/4

#MaryAnning corresponded with many of the leading geologists of her day. #OTD in 1829 she wrote to Charles Lyell about rates of coastal erosion - 3 ft a year - at Church Cliffs at #LymeRegis, details Lyell included in vol 1 of his Principles of Geology. 1/2