Joan Wiffen

Joan Wiffen is a famous fossil Hunter. From NZ. Joan wiffen was born in 4 of February 1922. She lived in NZ and had married Pont Wiffen and had 2 kids. her job a palaeontologist. In 1975. Joan Wiffen found the first ever fossil in NZ. At Hawkes Bay at the Maunga Hounga stream and found 6 types of species. She found a tailbone from a theropod. Because her family and friends were helping her find lots of fossils. They probably knew that they were fossils in rocks so they got tools to split the rocks up and find some cool interesting fossils. When they found a fossil they put in there backpack and carried it to there car. An Australian Palaeontologist Dr Ralph Molnar confirmed it was a dinosaur bone in 1980. At Maunga Hounga stream, inland Hawke’s bay Joan Wiffen and her family and friends found at least six different kinds of dinosaur bones and was 70 - 80 million yrs old. At south of port waikato )kin cliffs along the coast) found a very small finger bone of a theropod dinosaur found by brendan hayes and was about 150 million yrs old. In northwest nelson dr greg browne found dinosaur footprints about 70 million yrs old. In tioriori, chatham islands Dr jeffery stilwell found several dinosaur bones (theropod and sauropod) and was about 66-145 million yrs old. When Joan wiffen gave a fossil to the University of Auckland. They gave her a degree because she just knew lots about fossils. Sadly Joan wiffen died on the 30 of june 2009. She knows that she remembers that the fossils she found is now safe at safe places she knows and knows some is at the University Of Auckland. Also her collection of is also with another that is the paleontological collections at GNS science in lower hutt. The first one she found is on the display of Te Papa. We will remember Joan Wiffen because of her marvelous actions she’s done.