What contribution did British naturalist Mary Anning make to paleontology?

A) the comparison of elephant fossils and the skeletons of living elephants
B) the discovery of fossilized marine animals and other strange animals
C) the idea that rocks formed through very slow changes
D) the realization that tongue stones were actually shark teeth

Mary Anning

A pioneering 19th-century British paleontologist who made important contributions to the field through her discoveries of Jurassic marine fossil beds along the English Channel at Lyme Regis.

Paleontology

The scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (approximately 11,700 years ago). It involves the examination of fossils to understand the processes of evolution and the history of life on Earth.

Marine Animals

Organisms that inhabit the saltwater environments of oceans and seas.