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Referee's report by Edward Heron-Allen, on a paper 'Foraminifera from the green ammonite beds, lower lias, of Dorset' by W A Macfadyen

Reference number: RR/67/282

Date: June 1940

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Sectional committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a important contribution to current literature on the subject. The author makes clear references to previous work in the subject and when he disagrees with them, he puts his case convincingly. He isn't a 'species-monger' which accounts for the lack of new forms described. For this, the reader will be 'profoundly grateful'. The illustrations are excellent, which is 'high praise under the prevailing conditions'.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1941].

Endorsed on verso as received 12 June 1940.

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RR/67/282
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June 1940
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Standardised form (type E) and notes on paper
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4 pages
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Edward Heron-Allen, Referee's report by Edward Heron-Allen, on a paper 'Foraminifera from the green ammonite beds, lower lias, of Dorset' by W A Macfadyen, June 1940, RR/67/282, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_282/referees-report-by-edward-heron-allen-on-a-paper-foraminifera-from-the-green-ammonite-beds-lower-lias-of-dorset-by-w-a-macfadyen, accessed on 20 June 2025

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