Our Neuchatel meeting of Lower Cretaceous ammonite workers was the last to be organized by Philip Hoedemaeker over a 15 year period. All members of the Kilian Group thank him for his contribution as chairman of: (1) the Lower Cretaceous Cephalopod Team (IGCP: International Geoscience Programme, projects 262: Digne, France, 1990; Mula, Spain, 1992, and 362: Piobbico, Italy, 1994; London, UK, 1997); (2) an independent group (Vienna, Austria, 2000); and (3) the IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences) Lower Cretaceous Ammonite Working Group, the Kilian Group (Lyon, France, 2002).Progress in constructing the Lower Cretaceous standard ammonite zonation for the Mediterranean region can be followed by reading the successive reports.Fil: R...