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Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'Description of the foetal membranes and placenta of the elephant (elephas indicus, cuv.), with remarks on the value of placentary characters in the classification of the mammalia' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/3/207

Date: 1857

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Paper would add to our 'imperfect' knowledge of the subject.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/207
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1857
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Sharpey

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William Sharpey, Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'Description of the foetal membranes and placenta of the elephant (elephas indicus, cuv.), with remarks on the value of placentary characters in the classification of the mammalia' by Richard Owen, 1857, RR/3/207, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_207/referees-report-by-william-sharpey-on-a-paper-description-of-the-foetal-membranes-and-placenta-of-the-elephant-elephas-indicus-cuv-with-remarks-on-the-value-of-placentary-characters-in-the-classification-of-the-mammalia-by-richard-owen, accessed on 12 January 2025

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