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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on the Croonian Lecture 'Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil Reptilia.—II. On Pareiasaurus bombidens (Owen), and the significance of its affinities to Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals' by Harry Govier Seeley

Reference number: RR/10/84

Date: 24 May 1887

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Does not find the author's argument convincing, but does not see this as a barrier to publication. Suggests modifying the final paragraph and the abstract.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

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

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RR/10/84
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24 May 1887
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on the Croonian Lecture 'Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil Reptilia.—II. On Pareiasaurus bombidens (Owen), and the significance of its affinities to Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals' by Harry Govier Seeley, 24 May 1887, RR/10/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_84/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-the-croonian-lecture-researches-on-the-structure-organization-and-classification-of-the-fossil-reptiliaii-on-pareiasaurus-bombidens-owen-and-the-significance-of-its-affinities-to-amphibians-reptiles-and-mammals-by-harry-govier-seeley, accessed on 27 September 2023

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