The 6th International Conference on Trilobites and their Relatives: Tallinn calling, Estonia celebrating

The 6th International Conference on Trilobites and their Relatives was held in Tallinn, Estonia in July 2017. Estonian trilobites have long been known worldwide especially through the works of Karl Eduard von Eichwald, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Armin Aleksander Öpik, Valdar Jaanusson, Harry Mutvei, Reet Männil and others. Estonia was thus an ideal location for this gathering. The goal of the conference was to present recent progress in studies on all aspects of trilobites and their relatives. More than 80 participants from 20 countries took part. The associated field excursions were inspired by the footsteps of Friedrich Schmidt who, in 1897, led a field excursion in Estonia organized for the International Geological Congress held in St. Petersburg