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Reference numberRR/8/238
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'Description of some remains of the gigantic land-lizard (Megalania prisca, Owen), from Australia.—Part II' by Richard Owen
Date24 May 1880
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The systematics of the species has been revised since the author's earlier paper, but this is not apparent from the current paper, which follows the earlier systematics.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1880.0023 Vol.171 1880
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8156Busk; George (1807 - 1886)1807 - 1886
NA8083Owen; Sir; Richard (1804 - 1892)1804 - 1892
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