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South Africa

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = South Africa

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Broom, 12 June 1921

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/71
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Broom telling Geikie that he has named a fossil after a colleague John Young. The fossil, Youngina, is possibly the common ancestor of lizards, crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterodactyls and birds. He describes his work progress in South Africa including a drawing of a gorgonopsid reptile skeleton.

Dates: 12 June 1921