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Referee's report by William Boyd Dawkins, on a paper 'On fossil remains of equines from central and South America referable to Equus conversidens, Ow., Equus tan, Ow., and Equus arcidens, Ow' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/6/208

Date: 15 July 1869

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Corrects a few errors in the manuscript which might be suggests to the author.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/208
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15 July 1869
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Boyd Dawkins

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William Boyd Dawkins, Referee's report by William Boyd Dawkins, on a paper 'On fossil remains of equines from central and South America referable to Equus conversidens, Ow., Equus tan, Ow., and Equus arcidens, Ow' by Richard Owen, 15 July 1869, RR/6/208, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_208/referees-report-by-william-boyd-dawkins-on-a-paper-on-fossil-remains-of-equines-from-central-and-south-america-referable-to-equus-conversidens-ow-equus-tan-ow-and-equus-arcidens-ow-by-richard-owen, accessed on 16 September 2024

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