When the specimen was discovered between 1770 and 1774, Johann Leonard Hoffmann, a surgeon and fossil collector, corresponded about it with the most influential scientists of his day, making the fossil famous.
Cando o espécime foi descuberto entre 1770 e 1774, Johann Leonard Hoffmann, un cirurxián e recolector de fósiles, carteouse sobre o asunto cun dos máis influentes científicos do seu tempo, facendo famoso o fósil.