Mary Anning was a fossilist of the early 1800s who contributed to the understanding of the evolution of marine life spanning 200 million years.

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Explanation:

Mary Anning (1799 - 1847) was ana recognized English fossil collector famous for important finds she made in Jurassic marine fossil beds along the English Channel, Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset in Southwest England. Mary's findings became a major contributor to the investigations of a prehistoric life and history of Earth.

When Henry De la Beche, a geologist and artist, painted Duria Antiquior, a representation of a decent from prehistoric life, it was based largely on Mary Anning's fossils.