Mary Malone's character is well-described through direct characterization all throughout the story Lamb to the Slaughter.. This direct characterization occurs each time the author describes Mary physically and in detail. An example of direct characterization is.
State Fossil: Basilosaurus cetoides This fossil whale lived in the Gulf of Mexico, which during the Eocene (~ 50-40 million years ago) extended over much of the Gulf Coast region. The first Basilosaurus fossils were found along the bluffs of the Ouachita River in Alabama in 1832.
However,  Anatosaurus Dinosaur  has been establish to be a junior synonym of Edmontosaurus and is now an invalid name. George F. Sternberg made his most important dinosaur discovery in 1908: he was the first person to find an impression of dinosaur skin, which belonged to Anatosaurus. Sternberg made many other amazing discoveries, including the first fossil of Edmontosaurus. Some specimens, such as the well-known mount in the New York American Museum of Natural History, vary from Edmontosaurus and have been placed in the new genus Anatotitan.