Re: The fungi did it

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/21/2005 6:20:43 PM Eastern  Standard Time, 
rtravsky@uwyo.edu writes:
<< This stirs an old  recollection of an instance of this in the middle US (I
think it was), old  mammals/mesozoic something or other. The remains showed
they presumably died  from ash inhalation. Mass kill of some kind... >>
See: http://ashfall.unl.edu/

This was volcanic ash,  however, miniature shards of volcanic glass. 
Bentonites in the Western Interior  Seaway also show kill zones of marine 
reptiles and 
other creatures. DV