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Age structure, carbonate production and shell loss rate in an Early Miocene reef of the giant oyster Crassostrea gryphoides
Mathias Harzhauser
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Natural History Museum Vienna, Geological-Paleontological
Department, Vienna, Austria
Ana Djuricic
TU Wien, Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna,
Austria
Oleg Mandic
Natural History Museum Vienna, Geological-Paleontological
Department, Vienna, Austria
Thomas A. Neubauer
Natural History Museum Vienna, Geological-Paleontological
Department, Vienna, Austria
Martin Zuschin
University of Vienna, Department of Paleontology, Vienna,
Austria
Norbert Pfeifer
TU Wien, Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna,
Austria
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We present the first analysis of population structure and cohort distribution in a fossil oyster reef. Data are derived from Terrestrial Laser Scanning of a Miocene shell bed covering 459 m². A growth model was calculated, revealing this species as the giant oyster Crassostrea gryphoides was the fastest growing oyster known so far. The shell half-lives range around few years, indicating that oyster reefs were geologically short-lived structures, which were degraded on a decadal scale.
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