Are there any Historical Accounts of Fossils?

by cantpickaname8

I saw a post talking about how mythical creatures would likely just be deification of known animals or just a mix of known animals. For instance deer have antlers so it's not too far of a stretch to imagine a Horse could have them too and now you have a Unicorn. Are there any accounts of people finding Dinosaur fossils and attributing them to Dragons or similar Mythical creatures? If so are there any examples of someone keeping bones as part of some sort of Collection? Like a noble who has the Claw or Tooth of a dragon but it's just part of a fossil

samadam

This is an interesting question, and gets asked pretty often on this sub. Try the search feature and check out previous answers like these from /u/huxleyphd /u/itsallfolklore /u/steelcan909

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/tpb5i0/is_there_any_strong_evidence_of_ancient/