Record

RefNoRR/W/1/20
LevelItem
TitleCopy of referee's comments [by William Dickson Lang] on a paper 'Fossils of the late pre-cambrian (newer proterogoic) Adelaide series, South Australia' by Tannatt William Edgeworth David and Robin John Tillyard
Date[22 June 1932]
DescriptionPaper reference code: B.30

Has examined the original rock upon which the paper is based. Argues that the authors' reconstruction is based upon supposed remains identified in several different cavities in the rock; these could not all come from a single organism and so the reconstruction cannot be considered valid. From a geological view, the evidence would be against the cavities in the rock being fossil moulds, rather than in favour of this conclusion. As such does not recommend publication.

[Not published].
Extent3p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionReport on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1666Lang; William Dickson (1878 - 1966)1878 - 1966
NA6080David; Sir; Tannatt William Edgeworth (1858 - 1934); geologist and polar explorer1858 - 1934
NA7952Tillyard; Robin John (1881 - 1937); entomologist and geologist1881 - 1937
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