This archaeologist uncovered the first complete plesiosaur skeleton, which Georges Cuvier initially deemed fake due to a crack in the neckbone. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this archaeologist whose observations of ichthyosaurs in Dorset allowed William Buckland to describe coprolites.
ANSWER: Mary Anning
[10e] Anning did most of her paleontological work along a section of the south coast of England nicknamed for this geological period. Sea levels rose significantly during this Mesozoic period named for an Alps subrange.
ANSWER: Jurassic period [accept Jurassic Coast]
[10h] Anning and this fellow palaeontologist explained their finds to Louis Agassiz upon his visit to England. After Anning's discovery that belemnites contained fossilized ink sacs, this palaeontologist developed a method of using them for art.
ANSWER: Elizabeth Philpot
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