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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. There is no requirement to print the illustrations which have already been published.

Subject: Geology, Palaeontology, Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1881]

Reference number
RR/8/333
Earliest possible date
1881
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Busk

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George Busk, Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'Description of some remains of the gigantic land-lizard (Megalania prisca, Owen), from Australia.—Part III' by Richard Owen, 1881, RR/8/333, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_333/referees-report-by-george-busk-on-a-paper-description-of-some-remains-of-the-gigantic-land-lizard-megalania-prisca-owen-from-australiapart-iii-by-richard-owen, accessed on 03 December 2024

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