RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1839. Mr Austen remarked that the forms of shells in the S. Devonshire limestone are Carboniferous. CUL-DAR205.9.70. 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, further editing 2024. RN2
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].
There is no record of Robert Alfred Cloyne Austen (1808-1884), geologist, giving a paper to the Geological Society on 4 December 1839, so this may be from personal communication. See Darwin's referee report to an earlier paper by Austen in GeolSoc-COM-P4.2.8
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December 4th 1839. Geolog: Soc:
Mr Austen remarked that the forms of shells in the S. Devonshire limestone are Carboniferous, although only about five species actually identical - this is first, what we may say of two neighbouring countries
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