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Description of a new species of Helix, found fossil in a calcareous sandstone deposit at Kent's group

Johnston, Robert Mackenzie 1880 , 'Description of a new species of Helix, found fossil in a calcareous sandstone deposit at Kent's group' , Papers & Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania , pp. 24-26 .

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Abstract

This interesting fossil is more closely allied to the existing
H. launcestonensis than to any other Tasmanian form, and it
is nearly its equal in size.
The fragments of rock, in which several specimens of this
interesting shell were found imbedded, were presented to me by
Mr. A. Simson, who obtained them through Admiral
Barnard, from Kent's Group.

Item Type: Article
Authors/Creators:Johnston, Robert Mackenzie
Keywords: Royal Society of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land, VDL, Hobart Town, natural sciences, proceedings, records
Journal or Publication Title: Papers & Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Collections: Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:

In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania.

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