Reference number | RR/10/218 |
Level | Item |
Title | Referee's report by John Whitaker Hulke, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, organisation, and classification of the Fossil Reptilia. IV. On a large humerus from the East Brak River, South Africa, indicating a new order of fossil animals which was more nearly intermediate between reptiles and mammals than the groups hitherto known' by Harry Govier Seeley |
Date | 5 May 1888 |
Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has examined the specimen and an excellent cast. Does not agree with the conclusions of the author. Provides thorough discussion of the specimen. Finds the author's conclusions erroneous as regards the facts. If the paper is printed, the figures can be reduced in size.
Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology, Geology
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888] |
Extent | 15p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Letter on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | doi:10.1098/rspl.1888.0013 Vol.44 1888 |
Related records in the catalogue | RR/10/219 |
AP/65/8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA6287 | Hulke; John Whitaker (1830 - 1895); surgeon | 1830 - 1895 |
NA6493 | Seeley; Harry Govier (1839 - 1909); palaeontologist and geologist | 1839 - 1909 |