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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a continuation of a series begun in 1859. The conclusions drawn are unexpected.

Subject: Zoology, Geology and Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1866]

Reference number
RR/5/167
Earliest possible date
01 November 1865
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Thomas Bell

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Thomas Bell, Referee's report by Thomas Bell, on a paper 'On the fossil mammals of Australia. - Part II. Description of an almost entire skull of the thylacoleo carnifex, Owen, from a freshwater deposit, Darling Downs, Queensland' by Richard Owen, 01 November 1865, RR/5/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_167/referees-report-by-thomas-bell-on-a-paper-on-the-fossil-mammals-of-australia-part-ii-description-of-an-almost-entire-skull-of-the-thylacoleo-carnifex-owen-from-a-freshwater-deposit-darling-downs-queensland-by-richard-owen, accessed on 09 November 2024

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