Daring to Dig at Museum of the Earth

Image of the skeletal flipper of a plesiosaur from a cast of Mary Anning's Plesiosaurus macrocephalus fossil.
Flipper of Plesiosaur macrocephalus, cast of a fossil found by Mary Anning in 1830

On March 27, the Daring to Dig: Women in American Paleontology exhibit opened in-person and online at the Museum of the Earth. I helped create the content for the online and physical exhibits, along with many other contributors. 

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