Very nice. :)

Thanks!

Wouldn't it need a huge keel/breastbone for the attachment of the flight muscles? Other than that, really great study!

Yeah, that's part of what I was talking about in the description, about re-doing it due to things I thought of after it was done, lol XD But thank you! :D

Very nice. Tho in addition to the keel bone, His back feet are a little to flatfooted, see how this lions is;
http://www.tarpits.org/education/gu.....rt/page18b.jpg

Not sure how many actual tail bones they have either, same with avian necks.

Its still pretty damn cool tho.

Thank you! And yeah, this was done in '07 or '08 I think, so definitely in need of a re-do ^^;

I think the actual legend originated with early finds of the ceratopsian dinosaurs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoc....._griffin_myths its quite interesting reading some of the origins o mythical animals.

I've read that and agree, it's really interesting what ancients thought dinosaurs and other prehistoric bones might have been^^ Like the centaur, one scientist I saw on a show about this topic said it was possible that an earthquake in Greece shifted some buried bones to the surface and a human top half was found near the rear bits of a horse and the discoverer made the centaur as an explanation. Not sure how true any of it is but still interesting to think about^^

Ive seen some evidence they lived at the same time as humans. Angkor Wat Temple has carvings of Stegosaur on the outside walls along with other native wildlife. It was built late 12th century. http://s8int.com/WordPress/?p=1075

True, and there are carvings and rock paintings of creatures supposedly extinct all over the world that scientists now try to pass off as imagination or stylized images of spirit animals...please, the ancients drew and sculpted what they saw, they weren't that into making stuff up besides religion.