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IN his recent anniversary address to the Geological Society, the President, Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., after the usual distribution of medals and awards, the reading of obituaries of deceased Fellows, and some preliminary matters relating to the affairs of the Society, including the moot question of the introduction of ladies as visitors to the evening meetings, devoted the remainder of his address to a brief discussion of “Some Points in the Life-history of the Crustacea in Early Palæozoic Times.” Dr. Woodward continued as. follows:—“Of the various groups of the Invertebrata whose ancestry extends into Palæozoic times, none possess a greater interest for the geologist than the Crustacea, whose existence is. proved as far back as the Lower Cambrian rocks; while their near allies, the Arachnida, Have been met with in strata as old as the Silurian.
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The Life-History of the Crustacea in Early Palæozoic Times. Nature 52, 114–118 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/052114b0
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