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Referee's report by Henry Woodward, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia.—Part IX., section 5. On the skeleton new Cynodontia from the Karroo rocks' by Harry Govier Seeley

Reference number: RR/12/237

Date: 21 April 1894

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests adding 'a brief diagnosis of the genus', as is now standard practice for biological papers.

Subject: Palaeotology, Zoology, Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

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RR/12/237
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21 April 1894
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Woodward

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Henry Woodward, Referee's report by Henry Woodward, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia.—Part IX., section 5. On the skeleton new Cynodontia from the Karroo rocks' by Harry Govier Seeley, 21 April 1894, RR/12/237, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_237/referees-report-by-henry-woodward-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-structure-organization-and-classification-of-the-fossil-reptiliapart-ix-section-5-on-the-skeleton-new-cynodontia-from-the-karroo-rocks-by-harry-govier-seeley, accessed on 24 January 2026

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