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Referee's report by John Whitaker Hulke, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia. - I. On Protoronsaurus speneri (von Meyer)' by Harry Govier Seeley

Reference number: RR/10/82

Date: 18 March 1887

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' in it's present form. Refers to Richard Owen and Thomas Henry Huxley. Has examined the specimen at the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. Suggests the author add page numbers to the references of other work. Suggests the opinion of another referee be sought.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1887]

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RR/10/82
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18 March 1887
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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John Whitaker Hulke, Referee's report by John Whitaker Hulke, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia. - I. On Protoronsaurus speneri (von Meyer)' by Harry Govier Seeley, 18 March 1887, RR/10/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_82/referees-report-by-john-whitaker-hulke-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-structure-organization-and-classification-of-the-fossil-reptilia-i-on-protoronsaurus-speneri-von-meyer-by-harry-govier-seeley, accessed on 18 March 2025

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