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Description / Table of Contents: This volume contains papers presented in part at a symposium held in May 2012 at Göttingen University, to honour Professor Joachim Reitner for his numerous contributions to the fields of geobiology, geology, and palaeontology. Our present volume reflects the breadth of Reitner’s interests and accomplishement with tributes and research or review papers by his students, former students, collaborators, and friends. The symposium was held in conjunction with Joachim Reitner’s 60th birthday. | Contents --- Hansen, B. T.: Preface --- Wiese, F.; Reich, M. & Arp, G.: Introduction --- Keupp, H. & Fuchs, D.: Different regeneration mechanisms in the rostra of aulacocerids (Coleoidea) and their phylogenetic implications --- Fuchs, D.: First evidence of Mastigophora (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the early Callovian of La Voulte-sur- Rhône (France) --- Luo Cui; Schäfer, N.; Duda, J.-P. & Li Li-xia: Preservation of organic matter in sponge fossils: a case study of ‘round sponge fossils’ from the Cambrian Chengjiang Biota with Raman spectroscopy. --- Sánchez-Beristain, F.; Duda, J.-P.; López-Esquivel Kransksith, L. & García-Barrera, P.: A brief synopsis on the history of sponge research in the Upper Triassic St. Cassian Formation (Dolomites, NE Italy) --- Afşar, F.; Duda, J.-P.; Zeller, M.; Verwer, K.; Westphal, H. & Eberli, G. P.: First report of sponge rhaxes in the Picún Leufú Formation (Tithonian–Berriasian), Neuquén Basin, Argentina --- Janussen, D.: The second fossil Hyalonema species (Porifera: Hexactinellida), from the Late Cretaceous Arnager limestone, Bornholm, Denmark --- Riegel, W.; Wiese, F.; Arp, G. & Wilde, V.: Microphytoplankton from the Jena Formation (Lower Muschelkalk Subgroup, Anisian) in the forestry quarry at Herberhausen near Göttingen, Germany --- Arp, G. & Reimer, A.: Hydrochemistry, biofilms and tufa formation in the karstwater stream Lutter (Herberhausen near Göttingen) --- Dreier, A. & Hoppert, M.: Following the traces of symbiont bearing molluscs during earth history --- Heim, C.; Quéric, N.-V.; Ionescu, D.; Simon, K. & Thiel, V.: Chemolithotrophic microbial mats in an open pond in the continental subsurface – implications for microbial biosignatures --- Leefmann, T.; Blumenberg, M.; Schmidt, B. C. & Thiel, V.: Raman spectroscopy of biosignatures in methanerelated microbialites --- Cangemi, M. & Madonia, P.: Mud volcanoes in onshore Sicily: a short overview --- Haude, R.; Corriga, M. G.; Corradini, C. & Walliser, O. H.: Bojen-Seelilien (Scyphocrinitidae, Echinodermata) in neudatierten Schichten vom oberen Silur bis untersten Devon Südost- Marokkos --- Reich, M. & Ansorge, J.: Santonian sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from Sierra del Montsec, Spain --- Reich, M.: Supplement to: ‘How many species of fossil holothurians are there? --- Thuy, B.; Gale, A. S.; Stöhr, S. & Wiese, F.: Shallow- water brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) assemblages from the Aptian (Early Cretaceous) of the North Atlantic: first insights into bathymetric distribution patterns --- Hornung, J. J.: A new species of the barnacle genus Tesseropora (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Tetraclitidae) from the Early Pliocene of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) --- Karl, H.-V.; Arp, G.; Siedersbeck, E. & Reitner, J.: A large ichthyosaur vertebra from the lower Kössen Formation (Upper Norian) of the Lahnewiesgraben near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Description / Table of Contents: Exceptionally preserved fossils from Fossil Lagerstätten contribute greatly to resolving details on the history of life on Earth. For the first time, the “Paläontologische Gesellschaft” (PalGes) and the “Palaeontological Society of China” (PSC) combined forces to jointly present an international conference aimed to highlight and encourage the study of exceptionally well-preserved fossil sites worldwide. The conference focused on all aspects of palaeontology and geobiology, also incorporating related fields like biogeochemistry, biology, sedimentology and stratigraphy. The present volume contains the abstracts of more than 275 lectures and posters presented during the joint international conference “Palaeobiology & Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History”. This year’s conference was held at the northern campus of the Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany, from September 23-27, 2013. More than three hundred palaeontologists, biologists, geologists and other scientists and researchers from sixteen countries, mainly from Germany and the P. R. of China, participated.