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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1876].

Reference number
RR/7/391
Earliest possible date
10 August 1875
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Busk

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George Busk, Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'On the fossil mammals of Australia. Part X - family macropodidae: mandibular dentition and parts of the skeleton of palorchestes; additional evidences of macropus titan, sthenurus, and procoptodon' by Richard Owen, 10 August 1875, RR/7/391, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_391/referees-report-by-george-busk-on-a-paper-on-the-fossil-mammals-of-australia-part-x-family-macropodidae-mandibular-dentition-and-parts-of-the-skeleton-of-palorchestes-additional-evidences-of-macropus-titan-sthenurus-and-procoptodon-by-richard-owen, accessed on 11 February 2025

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