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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia.—III. On parts of the skeleton of a mammal from Triassic rocks of Klipfontein, Fraserberg, South Africa (Theriodesmus phylarchus, Seeley), illustrating the reptilian inheritance in the mammalian hand' by Harry Govier Seeley

Reference number: RR/10/86

Date: 11 November 0187

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

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

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RR/10/86
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11 November 0187
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2 pages
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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia.—III. On parts of the skeleton of a mammal from Triassic rocks of Klipfontein, Fraserberg, South Africa (Theriodesmus phylarchus, Seeley), illustrating the reptilian inheritance in the mammalian hand' by Harry Govier Seeley, 11 November 0187, RR/10/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_86/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-structure-organization-and-classification-of-the-fossil-reptiliaiii-on-parts-of-the-skeleton-of-a-mammal-from-triassic-rocks-of-klipfontein-fraserberg-south-africa-theriodesmus-phylarchus-seeley-illustrating-the-reptilian-inheritance-in-the-mammalian-hand-by-harry-govier-seeley, accessed on 18 March 2025

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