Caption Comparisons between the skeleton of Protoceratops and ancient griffin art. The griffins are all very obviously based on big cats, from their musculature and long, flexible tails to the ...

The griffin has been a part of mythological art and literature since at least the 4th millennium BC. The creature first appeared in Egyptian and Middle Eastern cultures and later became a popular ...

Tales of Protoceratops bones and skulls with a "bird-like" snout then traveled southwest on trade routes to inspire, or at least influence, stories and art of the griffin, a mythological creature ...