EVIDENCE THAT ALGAL TOXINS PLAYED A ROLE IN THE DEATH OF MOSASAURS FOUND IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS COON CREEK FORMATION, TENNESSEE
BYL, Tom1, CUNNINGHAM, Champagne1, GIBSON, Michael A.2, BRADLEY, Michael1, SELF-TRAIL, Jean3, GARDNER, Kristina3, GEIGER, Stephen4, JABANOSKI, Kristen5, OSTER, Jessica6 and KELLEY, Neil7, (1)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, US Geological Survey, 640 Grassmere Park, Suite 100, Nashville, TN 37211, (2)Agriculture, Geosciences, & Natural Resources, University of Tennessee at Martin, 256 Brehm Hall, Dept. of AGN, UT Martin, Martin, TN 38238, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 20192, (4)Marine Shellfish Biology, Fish & Wildlife Research Institute, 100 8th Ave SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (5)Milford Laboratory, NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 212 Roges Ave, Milford, CT 06460, (6)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, (7)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235