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Referee's report by Harry Govier Seeley, on a paper 'On the skull, brain, and auditory organ a new species of Pterosaurian (Scaphognathus purdoni), from the upper lias near Whitby, Yorkshire' by Edwin Tulley Newton

Reference number: RR/10/199

Date: 11 April 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The supplementary parts of the paper are not essential. Suggests some modifications to the description to improve clarity and accuracy.

Subject: Palaeontology, Geology, Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]

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RR/10/199
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11 April 1888
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Harry Govier Seeley

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Harry Govier Seeley, Referee's report by Harry Govier Seeley, on a paper 'On the skull, brain, and auditory organ a new species of Pterosaurian (Scaphognathus purdoni), from the upper lias near Whitby, Yorkshire' by Edwin Tulley Newton, 11 April 1888, RR/10/199, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_199/referees-report-by-harry-govier-seeley-on-a-paper-on-the-skull-brain-and-auditory-organ-a-new-species-of-pterosaurian-scaphognathus-purdoni-from-the-upper-lias-near-whitby-yorkshire-by-edwin-tulley-newton, accessed on 21 January 2025

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