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Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the megatherium (megatherium americanum, blumenbach)'.

Received by the Royal Society on 8 November 1850. Read 9 January 1851.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 6, 1854.

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PT/42/16
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1850
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Ink on paper
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97 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Owen

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Richard Owen, Paper, 'On the megatherium' by Prof [Richard] Owen, 1850, PT/42/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_42_16/paper-on-the-megatherium-by-prof-richard-owen, accessed on 19 January 2025

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