| Reference number | RR/W/1/20 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy of referee's comments [by William Dickson Lang] on a paper 'Fossils of the late pre-cambrian (newer proterozoic) Adelaide series, South Australia' by Tannatt William Edgeworth David and Robin John Tillyard |
| Date | [22 June 1932] |
| Description | Paper 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 in Royal Society journals, the research was published as a Memoir in memorial to Sir T. W. Edgeworth David in 1936 in Australia]. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Typescript |
| Physical description | Report on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/47/12 |
| RR/47/13 |
| RR/W/1/19 |
| RR/W/1/21 |
| RR/W/1/22 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1666 | Lang; William Dickson (1878 - 1966) | 1878 - 1966 |
| NA6080 | David; Sir; Tannatt William Edgeworth (1858 - 1934); geologist and polar explorer | 1858 - 1934 |
| NA7952 | Tillyard; Robin John (1881 - 1937); entomologist and geologist | 1881 - 1937 |