Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding “Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data”: the importance of private collections

Carolin Haug, J.W.F. Reumer, Joachim T. Haug, Antonio Arillo, Denis Audo, Dany Azar, Viktor Baranov, Rolf G. Beutel, Sylvain Charbonnier, Rodney M. Feldmann, Christian Foth, René H.B. Fraaije, Peter Frenzel, Rok Gašparič, Dale E. Greenwalt, Danilo Harms, Matúš Hyžný, John W.M. Jagt, Elena A. Jagt‐Yazykova, E.A. Jarzembowski, Hans Kerp, Alexander G. Kirejtshuk, Christian Klug, Dmitry S. Kopylov, Ulrich Kotthoff, Jürgen Kriwet, Lutz Kunzmann, Ryan C. McKellar, André Nel, Christian Neumann, Alexander Nützel, Vincent Perrichot, Anna Pint, Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Jörg W. Schneider, Frederick R. Schram, Günter Schweigert, Paul A. Selden, Jacek Szwedo, Barry W.M. van Bakel, Timo van Eldijk, Francisco J. Vega, Bó Wáng, Yongdong Wang, Lida Xing, Mike Reich