RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1839.12.04. Mr. Owen says that the structure of the skeletons of the Ichthyosauri approach them to fish, & not to Cætaceæ. CUL-DAR205.9.69. 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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December 4th 1839 - Geolog. Soc:
Mr. Owen says that the structure of the skeletons of the Ichthyosauri approach them to fish, & not to Cætaceæ & it now appears that their fins are like Malacopterigii!!!
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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