In 1811, a 12-year-old girl named Mary Anning discovered a fossil on the beach near her home in southwestern England — the first scientifically identified specimen of an ichthyosaur, a dolphin ...

Ruby Reynolds Discovers The Giant Ichthyosaur Fossils. On a spring day in May 2020, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds set out for the shores of the River Severn near the village of Blue Anchor so that she ...

11-year-old Ruby Reynolds, ... Experts have drawn comparisons between her and paleontologist Mary Anning, who at just 12 years old in 1811 discovered the first ichthyosaur fossil, ...

11-year-old’s fossil discovery reveals ancient creature larger than a blue whale. Ashley Strickland, CNN. ... What Astronomers Just Discovered Between Galaxies Changes Everything.

Two centuries later, less than 50 miles away, an 11-year-old girl named Ruby Reynolds found a fossil from another ichthyosaur. It appears to be the largest marine reptile known to science.