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Referee's report by George Granville Francis Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere, on a paper 'On the Archeopteryx of von Meyer, with a description of the fossil remains of a long-tailed species, from the lithographic stone of Solenhofen' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/5/161

Date: 09 December 1862

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The conclusions may be contoversial.

Subject: Geology, Zoology and Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1863]

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RR/5/161
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09 December 1862
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Granville Francis Egerton

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George Granville Francis Egerton, Referee's report by George Granville Francis Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere, on a paper 'On the Archeopteryx of von Meyer, with a description of the fossil remains of a long-tailed species, from the lithographic stone of Solenhofen' by Richard Owen, 09 December 1862, RR/5/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_161/referees-report-by-george-granville-francis-egerton-2nd-earl-of-ellesmere-on-a-paper-on-the-archeopteryx-of-von-meyer-with-a-description-of-the-fossil-remains-of-a-long-tailed-species-from-the-lithographic-stone-of-solenhofen-by-richard-owen, accessed on 22 January 2025

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