Paper, 'A milk dentition in Orcyteropus [aardvark]' by Oldfield Thomas
Reference number: PP/15/18
Date: 1889

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Thomas writes: 'Of the few Mammalia in which no trace of a milk dentition has been found, Orycteropus, the Aard-Vark, has always occupied a prominent place, owing partly to the peculiar structure of its prominent teeth, and partly to its very doubtful systematic position. An opportunity has now fallen in my way of proving that it has after all two sets of teeth, those of the first, or milk set, being rudimentary, and probably quite funcltionless, but nevertheless so far developed as to be all completely calcified, and to be for the most part readily distinguishable by form and position from those of the second or permanent set.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Zoology / Odontology
Received 12 December 1889 / 13 December 1889. Read 9 January 1890. Communicated by Albert Gunther.
A version of this paper was published in volume 47 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'A milk dentition in Orcyteropus'.
- Reference number
- PP/15/18
- Earliest possible date
- 1889
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- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 10 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas, Paper, 'A milk dentition in Orcyteropus [aardvark]' by Oldfield Thomas, 1889, PP/15/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_15_18/paper-a-milk-dentition-in-orcyteropus-aardvark-by-oldfield-thomas, accessed on 13 February 2025
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A milk dentition in Orcyteropus External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1890
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0089
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Date: 31st December 1890
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 47, 1889-1890
1889-1890 Reference number: PP/15
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Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Gunther
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