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Reference numberRR/47/12
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William Thomas Calman, on a paper 'Fossils of the late pre-cambrian (newer proterogoic) Adelaide series, South Australia' by Tannatt William Edgeworth David and Robin John Tillyard
Date18 May 1932
DescriptionSectional committee: Geology

Paper reference code: B.30

Not recommended for publication. The remains that are used in the paper are 'extremely obscure' and many have failed to recognise any certain trace of organic structure on any of the slabs. From a zoological point of view, the paper has no scientific value.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 19 May 1932.
Extent3p
FormatTypescript
Manuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D) and report on paper
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Access statusOpen
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1741Calman; William Thomas (1871 - 1952)1871 - 1952
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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