The colourised lithograph depicted here shows how Koch pitched his Leviathan to a European and London audience, with an excessive number of vertebrae and ribs, and the tusks splayed to the side of the head like a grappling hook.
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Jonathan T on Nostr: Koch gave us the 'Missouri Leviathan', comprising the fossilised bones of more than ...
Koch gave us the 'Missouri Leviathan', comprising the fossilised bones of more than one animal to create something much bigger and much more imposing than what we now know the Mastodon to have been.
The colourised lithograph depicted here shows how Koch pitched his Leviathan to a European and London audience, with an excessive number of vertebrae and ribs, and the tusks splayed to the side of the head like a grappling hook.
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The colourised lithograph depicted here shows how Koch pitched his Leviathan to a European and London audience, with an excessive number of vertebrae and ribs, and the tusks splayed to the side of the head like a grappling hook.
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