Shell chemistry of the boreal Campanian bivalve <i>Rastellum diluvianum</i> (Linnaeus, 1767) reveals temperature seasonality, growth rates and life cycle of an extinct Cretaceous oyster

de Winter, Niels J.; Ullmann, Clemens V.; Sørensen, Anne M.; Thibault, Nicolas; Goderis, Steven; Van Malderen, Stijn J. M.; Snoeck, Christophe; Goolaerts, Stijn; Vanhaecke, Frank; Claeys, Philippe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2897-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2897-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2897-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

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03 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 03 Jun 2020

Shell chemistry of the boreal Campanian bivalve Rastellum diluvianum (Linnaeus, 1767) reveals temperature seasonality, growth rates and life cycle of an extinct Cretaceous oyster

Niels J. de Winter, Clemens V. Ullmann, Anne M. Sørensen, Nicolas Thibault, Steven Goderis, Stijn J. M. Van Malderen, Christophe Snoeck, Stijn Goolaerts, Frank Vanhaecke, and Philippe Claeys

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In this study, we present a detailed investigation of the chemical composition of 12 specimens of very well preserved, 78-million-year-old oyster shells from southern Sweden. The chemical data show how the oysters grew, the environment in which they lived and how old they became and also provide valuable information about which chemical measurements we can use to learn more about ancient climate and environment from such shells. In turn, this can help improve climate reconstructions and models.