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Referee's report by Hugh Falconer, on a paper 'On the osteology of the genus glyptodon' by Thomas Henry Huxley

Reference number: RR/5/123

Date: 02 May 1864

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to a preliminary work by the same author ['Description of a new specimen of Glyptodon, recently acquired by the Royal College of Surgeons of England', Proceedings, doi:10.1098/rspl.1862.0071 Vol.12 1863]. Refers to work by Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga, Serres [?], Hermann Burmeister and Richard Owen.

Subject: Geology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1865]

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RR/5/123
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02 May 1864
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Hugh Falconer

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Hugh Falconer, Referee's report by Hugh Falconer, on a paper 'On the osteology of the genus glyptodon' by Thomas Henry Huxley, 02 May 1864, RR/5/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_123/referees-report-by-hugh-falconer-on-a-paper-on-the-osteology-of-the-genus-glyptodon-by-thomas-henry-huxley, accessed on 05 October 2024

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