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RefNoRR/10/61
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'On parts of the skeleton of Meiolania platyceps (Ow.)' by Richard Owen
Date7 June 1887
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', so long as this does not commit the Royal Society to agreement with the author's conclusions regarding the affinity of the animals, which would not be accepted by any zoologist. Refers to work of Thomas Henry Huxley. The drawings should be made by the atist directly from the specimens, not from the sketches provided.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstb.1888.0007 Vol.179 1888
RelatedRecordRR/10/62
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5526Flower; Sir; William Henry (1831 - 1899)1831 - 1899
NA8083Owen; Sir; Richard (1804 - 1892)1804 - 1892
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