| Reference number | PP/10/30 |
| Previous numbers | PP/42/30 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Preliminary note on the fossil remains of a Chelonian reptile, Ceratochelys sthenurus [Meiolania], from Lord Howe's Island, Australia' by Thomas H [Henry] Huxley |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | Huxley writes: 'The interesting remains of which I propose to give a brief notice in the present communication, are contained in a friable sandstone (apparently formed of concreted blown sand), and they have a very recent appearance. The age of the deposit in which they are found is unknown, but it is probably quaternary.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Palaeontology
Received 24 March 1887. Read 31 March 1887.
A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Preliminary note on the fossil remains of a Chelonian reptile, Ceratochelys sthenurus, from Lord Howe's Island, Australia'. |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0047 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8243 | Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | 1825 - 1895 |