A Guide to the Fossil Mammals and Birds in the Department of Geology and Palæontology in the British Museum

by Edwin Ray Lankester

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136 pages, Paperback

Published May 18, 2016

About the author

Sir Edwin Ray Lankester KCB FRS (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist.

An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was the third Director of the Natural History Museum, and was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society.

Source: Wikipedia

Not to be confused with his father, Edwin Lankester.