Evaluation of the hypothesis of the Monster of Troy vase as the earliest artistic record of a vertebrate fossil

The Monster of Troy, depicted in a 6th Century BC Corinthian vase, has been proposed to be the earliest artistic record of a vertebrate fossil, possibly a Miocene giraffe (Samotherium sp.). The purpose of the paper was to analyze the giraffe hypothesis using four approaches: a double-blind random de...

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Main Author: Julián Monge-Nájera
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2020-01-01
Series:Uniciencia
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Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/uniciencia/article/view/12556