I wanted to do a few portraits of women in paleontology so here’s Mary Anning and Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan. 

Mary Anning discovered the first plesiosaur skeleton and one of the first ictheosaurs and also played a key role in the discovery of coprolites (dino poo). 

Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan is a South African vertebrate paleontologist known for her expertise in the study of the microstructure of fossil teeth and bones. She’s currently the head of the department of biological sciences at the University of Cape Town.