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Referee's report by George Granville Francis Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere, 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

Reference number: RR/5/168

Date: 1865

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper provides important additional details.

Subject: Zoology, Geology and Palaeontology

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

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RR/5/168
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1865
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Letter on paper
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3 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 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, 1865, RR/5/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_168/referees-report-by-george-granville-francis-egerton-2nd-earl-of-ellesmere-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 15 October 2024

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