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Referee's report by George Busk, on two papers 'On remains of a large extinct lama (Palauchenia magna, Owen) from quaternary deposits in the Valley of Mexico' and 'On the molar teeth, lower jaw, of Macrauchenia patachonica, Ow' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/6/212

Date: 06 November 1869

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The second paper concerns a fossil species first encountered on the Voyage of the Beagle. Refers to work of Auguste Bravard. Refers to a paper by Thomas Henry Huxley regarding Macrauchenia boliviensis in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, which the referee considers to be of great importance, but to which the author makes no reference, but which the referee thinks 'ought certainly to have been cited'.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/212
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06 November 1869
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6 pages
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George Busk, Referee's report by George Busk, on two papers 'On remains of a large extinct lama (Palauchenia magna, Owen) from quaternary deposits in the Valley of Mexico' and 'On the molar teeth, lower jaw, of Macrauchenia patachonica, Ow' by Richard Owen, 06 November 1869, RR/6/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_212/referees-report-by-george-busk-on-two-papers-on-remains-of-a-large-extinct-lama-palauchenia-magna-owen-from-quaternary-deposits-in-the-valley-of-mexico-and-on-the-molar-teeth-lower-jaw-of-macrauchenia-patachonica-ow-by-richard-owen, accessed on 23 May 2025

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