Record

RefNoRR/6/96
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'Ovibos moschatus (Blainville)' by William Boyd Dawkins
Date17 July 1867
DescriptionNot recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', due to the relatively small amount of new material contained within the paper. Refers to work by John Richardson, Richard Owen and H N Turner [?]. Discusses the controversy surrounding the taxonomic placement of the species.

Subject: Zoology, Geology, Palaeontology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1866.0118 Vol.15 1867
RelatedRecordRR/6/97
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RR/6/99
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5526Flower; Sir; William Henry (1831 - 1899)1831 - 1899
NA6232Dawkins; Sir; William Boyd (1837 - 1929)1837 - 1929
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