Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Timothy Abbott Conrad
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-203/1 folio(s) 564-565
- Dates of Creation:24 November 1852
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1 letter
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Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Timothy Abbot Conrad concerning fossils. He has compared a new shell to Erycinella Ovalis and believes them to be the same species despite slight differences, he has found 2 examples of a new Avicula and a new Dentalium and 2 other new fossils, he has been promised a collection of large bones recently dug up in Georgia which he believes to be Megatherium. He also mentions the Visksburg fossils, 24 November 1852.
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