“It was a modern folklorist name Adrienne Mayor who first noticed that the Ancient Greek stories of the griffin (which had the body of a lion, head and claws of an eagle, tail of a serpent) perfectly described a Protoceratops. The Greeks believed that the griffin guarded treasures of gold. Mayor discovered that fossilized skulls of Protoceratops were often found in Mongolia, where the Greeks traveled to trade for gold.” ScienceReligionMythologyFossilsDinosaursFolklore Book:The First Dinosaur: How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth Source: The First Dinosaur: How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth