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Referee's report by Harry Govier Seeley, on a paper 'Reptiles from the Elgin sandstone.—Description of two new genera' by Edwin Tulley Newton

Reference number: RR/12/200

Date: 10 February 1894

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests stating the grounds for the taxonomic placing. Refers to work of Edward Drinker Cope, Richard Lydekker and Georg Baur.

Subject: Palaeontology, Zoology, Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1894]

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RR/12/200
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10 February 1894
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Letter on paper
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2 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 'Reptiles from the Elgin sandstone.—Description of two new genera' by Edwin Tulley Newton, 10 February 1894, RR/12/200, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_200/referees-report-by-harry-govier-seeley-on-a-paper-reptiles-from-the-elgin-sandstonedescription-of-two-new-genera-by-edwin-tulley-newton, accessed on 15 May 2025

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