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THE interesting remains of which I propose to give a brief notice in the present communication are contained in a friable sandstone (apparently formed of concreted blown sand), and they have a very recent appearance. The age of the deposit in which they are found is unknown, but it is probably Quaternary. The specimens have been for some years in the palæontological collection of the British Museum, and, for the most part, they have not yet been submitted to careful examination. But I learn that the greater number of them were long since rightly determined to be Chelonian by Mr. Davis, and set aside as such.
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Preliminary Note on the Fossil Remains of a Chelonian Reptile, Ceratochelys Sthenurus, from Lord Howe's Island, Australia 1 . Nature 35, 615–617 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035615b0
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