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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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BURNETIA. Zool. A fossil reptile, order Cynodontia, of S. Africa (1923 R. Broom in Proc. Zool. Soc. London 661).
[After James Burnet, Lord Monboddo (1714–99), a pioneer of evolutionary theory.]
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