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Referee's report by Thomas Bell, on a paper 'Description of some remains of a gigantic land-lizard (Megalama Prisca, Owen) from Australia' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/3/211

Date: 21 December 1858

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].

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RR/3/211
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21 December 1858
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Thomas Bell

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Thomas Bell, Referee's report by Thomas Bell, on a paper 'Description of some remains of a gigantic land-lizard (Megalama Prisca, Owen) from Australia' by Richard Owen, 21 December 1858, RR/3/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_211/referees-report-by-thomas-bell-on-a-paper-description-of-some-remains-of-a-gigantic-land-lizard-megalama-prisca-owen-from-australia-by-richard-owen, accessed on 18 April 2025

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