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English: Adrienne Mayor speculated that griffin myths may have originated from fossilized remains of beaked dinosaur such as Protoceratops and Psittacosaurus . [1] This theory has since been contested by paleontologist Mark Witton. [2]
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The origin of the gryphon myth appears based on dinosaur fossils from the Dzungarian Gate in Asia, the pass to "Hyperborea"

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