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<blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 2475059" data-attributes="member: 571"><p>The stories appear to have started in Central Asia, specifically in and around the Gobi Desert. The Gobi is also a rich source of protoceratops fossils. The protoceratops had a strong beak. It has been postulated that the gryphon story got its start with a misdiagnosis of protoceratops skulls.</p><p></p><p>Misinterpreted lions and eagles? Don't think so. When we're trying to describe a new animal to people we tend to describe it in terms our audience can understand. This can be seen in some of the first descriptions of the giraffe in medieval times, when the giraffe was rediscovered by Europe. (Giraffes were imported by Rome for the games.) The gryphon was seen as an animal incorporating elements of lion and eagle, and so was described as such.</p><p></p><p>(Gratuitous Plug)</p><p></p><p>The Dragon Earth gryphon is a member of the sphinx family, itself part of the the lung order (oriental dragons). More specifically the gryphon is a part of the hieracosphinx sub-family, and appears to be more closely related to the pegasi than to the true sphinxes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mythusmage, post: 2475059, member: 571"] The stories appear to have started in Central Asia, specifically in and around the Gobi Desert. The Gobi is also a rich source of protoceratops fossils. The protoceratops had a strong beak. It has been postulated that the gryphon story got its start with a misdiagnosis of protoceratops skulls. Misinterpreted lions and eagles? Don't think so. When we're trying to describe a new animal to people we tend to describe it in terms our audience can understand. This can be seen in some of the first descriptions of the giraffe in medieval times, when the giraffe was rediscovered by Europe. (Giraffes were imported by Rome for the games.) The gryphon was seen as an animal incorporating elements of lion and eagle, and so was described as such. (Gratuitous Plug) The Dragon Earth gryphon is a member of the sphinx family, itself part of the the lung order (oriental dragons). More specifically the gryphon is a part of the hieracosphinx sub-family, and appears to be more closely related to the pegasi than to the true sphinxes. [/QUOTE]
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