![]() ![]() One of the earliest scientific descriptions of an ancient rhinoceros species was made in 1769, when the naturalist Peter Simon Pallas wrote a report on his expeditions to Siberia where he found a skull and two horns in the permafrost. ![]() Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert maintained the belief that the horns were the claws of giant birds, and classified the animal under the name Gryphus antiquitatis, meaning " griffin of anquity". In 1590, it was used as the basis for the head on a statue of a lindworm. A rhinoceros skull was found in Klagenfurt, Austria, in 1335, and was believed to be that of a dragon. Native peoples of Siberia believed their horns were the claws of giant birds. ![]() Woolly rhinoceros remains have been known long before the species was described, and were the basis for some mythical creatures. Molar tooth showing the cavity the genus was named for
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