The conodont collection at Senckenberg - Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

Senckenberg – Research Institutes and Natural History Museums, are known for their huge diversity of scientific collections, based on the long, independent history of these institutes. In the Frankfurt Institute, several important micropalaeontological collections are held, including the conodont collection. Due to the long history of research on the Devonian of the Rhenish Massif, the conodont collection has a focus on the Palaeozoic of this region. This collection is of regional and stratigraphic importance, for instance material from the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Emsian-Eifelian boundary. Besides large collections of material from the Devonian, the collection houses conodonts from other periods of Earth’s history (e.g., Triassic and Ordovician) and regions (Argentina, Greece, Morocco, Russia, USA).