RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Owen. 1855. On the megatherium. CUL-DAR205.9.280. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2021. 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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Phil Transact 1855 p. 384 Owen on Megatherium
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Concluding on affinities of the Megatheria says "offers an additional instance to many others, which I have had occasion to point out, of a closer adherence to a common type in extinct animals than in the existing species to which thy may be most nearly allied"
[Owen. 1855. On the megatherium (Megatherium Americanum and Blumenbach). Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 145: 359-387.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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