Mystery Fossil

[chris lavers <chris.lavers@nottingham.ac.uk>]

Dear all

Got a bit of a poser for you. I have a scanned image of a fossil animal
'found' in a cave near Quedlinberg, Lower Saxony, in 1663. We're not
allowed to send attachments to the list, but I can send you the file
directly if you drop me a line.

Apparently the 'discovery' of this beast caused quite a sensation at the
time. The reconstruction is by no lesser a scientist than Leibniz. It is
clearly intended to suggest a unicorn, although a distinctly deformed one,
but which animal(s) contributed the skull and mandible? Does anyone (German
speakers?) know anything else about this fossil? 

Many thanks
Take care
Chris