RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Abstract of Athenaeum, 1843]. CUL-DAR205.9.180. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].
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Athenaeum 43 p. 823 Brit Assoc. Murchison on eocene strata of Rhine 68 mamifers - Rhinoceros Tapir &c belong to th Sumatra group - these beds covered by sand & [illeg] with 96 shells, of wh 56 terrestrial 40 fluviatile - of these 7 certainly living & perhaps 9 others - the most abundant species are rare in living state & the commonest now living are common in the [illeg]
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