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WOW a eureka moment..... a publication using specimens in private collections...so It can be done and should be done. My hats off the the authors and hopefully it sets off a new standard for publications. One of the authors is well known paleontologist Eric Buffetaut Abstract: Dinosaur remains found at the Vaches Noires cliffs (Calvados, Normandy) have usually been discovered by amateur palaeontologists. The bones come from carcasses which drifted away from a nearby land (Armorican Massif) during the upper Callovian and lower Oxfordian. Most of these bones belong to private collections and are hardly accessible. Consequently, many of these bones were never described. Thus, and for the first time, private and public collections are gathered to obtain a global vision of theropod remains from the Vaches Noires cliffs Excerpts from the paper "they are essential for the study of theropod diversity from the Vaches Noires Cliffs, even if they are isolated and their precise stratigraphic origin is often unknown" "The aim of this study is to gather and describe bones from 6 different collections, most of which are private, and to provide new insights on known specimens" Wow again.. getting a good understanding of the fauna is more important than putting up walls on why not...nice job authors it would be nice to see that in North America where a few of our paleontologists even frown at looking at private material. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2022v44a12.pdf