Preface: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Lithographic Limestone and Plattenkalk

摘要

Following the former editions of the International Symposium on Lithographic Limestone and Plattenkalk "ISLLP" (Lyon, 1991; Cuenca, 1995; Bergamo, 1999; Eichstatt/Soln-hofen, 2005), Switzerland was the host country for the 5th ISLLP in August 2009, jointly organised by the Natural History Museum Basel and the Paleontologie A16 (Office de la culture, Porrentruy, Canton Jura). The Naturmuseum Solothurn (Switzerland) and the Staatliches Museum ftir Naturkunde Karlsruhe (Germany) were involved in the organization of the fleldtrips.