The article carried a purported photo of a seal-like creature with a bony growth protruding from its head.
A deputy art director created the "bony growth" by manipulating an image of a trilobite.
Bone spavin is a bony growth within the lower hock joint of horse or cattle.
The joint is fused together by bony growth.
These bony growths are covered by cartilage and usually continue to grow until shortly after puberty.
A mysterious bony growth found in elephants' feet is actually a sixth "toe", scientists report.
Scar tissue or bony growths in the jaw joint can also be removed.
When severe or very advanced, the bony growth will be able to be seen on the coronet.
He said it was a form of scaley ossification - you know, a sort of bony growth.
A bone spur is a bony growth formed on normal bone.