Collections of Carl Cahn-Bronner
Carl Cahn-Bronner (1894 - 1979). Image courtesy: Fam. Hottinger
 
 
Carl Cahn-Bronner was an uncle of the Basel micropaleontologist Lukas Hottinger, who, through his large collection activity of of natural objects was to some extend influencial for the professional career of young Lukas Hottinger. Carl Cahn-Bronner was a lay collector and was interested in collecting minerals, vertebrate and inertebrate fossils, human remains, and recent molluscs from European sites and from famous fossil sites in the United States (Mazon Creek, Petrified Forest in Arizona). Notably, the collection provides a collector's impression of the natural history of life ranging from Cambrian through Quaternary formations with special emphasis on Paleozoic remains, which makes this collection special. Cahn-Bronner donated his collection to his young nephew Lukas Hottinger, and later in 2011, Lukas Hottinger donated this collection to the Natural History Museum in Basel.
 
See also: The history of the collection of Carl Cahn-Bronner
 
 
 
 
1.) Invertebrate paleontology collections of Carl Cahn-Bronner
Standorte: K3/B11 & K3/G30, Card catalogue (fossils) and documentation
 
2.) Micropaleontology collection of Carl Cahn-Bronner
The invertebrate collection of Carl Cahn-Bronner contains only very sparsely microfossils, though these are interesting, as these are from the marine Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) of Texas, U.S.A., i.e.:
 
Foraminifera: Fusulinidae: Triticites
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