Joan Wiffen is a fossil hunter in Nz. She was the first person to find a fossil in Nz.
Joan wiffen was born on the 4th of February 1922,she lived in Nz. She was married to Pont Wiffen and had two kids. Their name was Christopher and Judith. She is a Paleontologists. The first fossil she ever had was when she was given an ammonite,that's what made her interested.
Joan Wiffen was the first to find a fossil in New Zealand. In 1975 Joan found a dinosaur fossil,in Mangahouanga stream in hawkes bay. That was a dinosaur tailbone from a theropod,she found six more species. Joan,her family and friends explored with her. They would help her open the rock with special tools to split the rock open, because all the fossils are in the rock. When they would find the rock they would carry it to the car.
An australian paleontologists dr Ralph Molnar confirmed that it was a dinosaur bone in 1980. Other people were looking for fossils in Waikato and on the Chatham islands. Brendan Hayes found a very small finger bone of a theropod in South port waikato,Dr Greg Browne found dinosaur footprints in Northwest Nelson and Dr Jeffrey Stilwell found several dinosaur bones in Tioriori,Chatham islands.
Joan Wiffen died on the 30th of June 2009. People remember her by the stories,books and many other things. Her fossil is kept safe in the university of auckland. Some of her other fossils are at National paleontological collections at GNS science in lower hutt. The first one is displayed at Te papa.
We will remember her and the fossils she found. Her fossils are kept safe at the University of Auckland and many more.
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