Dear colleagues,
We are currently looking for the type material of Paul Oppenheim's 1919-work "Das Neogen in Kleinasien" (Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 70), specifically of Neogene non-marine Mollusca from the Denizli Basin. Oppenheim himself wrote in the work that the material is deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, but it can't be found there. It couldn't be located in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, storing large parts of Oppenheim's collection, either.
Does anyone know of other places that stores parts of Oppenheim's types?
Kind regards,
Thomas
Dear Thomas, you may also check the collection of MNHN in Paris and NHM in Vien.
Thanks everyone for your answers. Since it cannot be found in any of the major museums, nor in those where it is supposed to be, it appears that unfortunately the collection - with all its type specimens - got lost.
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