Did a Supernova Kill Earth's Marine Megafauna 2.5 Million Years Ago? 16DEC2018

Did a Supernova Kill Earth's Marine Megafauna 2.5 Million Years Ago?

Megalodon may have been killed off by Supernova radiation, Hannah Osborne, Newsweek, December 13, 2018
https://www.newsweek.com/megalodon-extinct-shark-supernova-cosmic-ray-cancer-mutations-1256980

Massive supernova explosion may have wiped out giant prehistoric sharks, scientists say. Megalodon may have been among creatures driven to extinction after cosmic particles drove up cancer rates, new study claims
The Independent, Josh Gabbatiss, December 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/supernova-stars-explosion-giant-sharks-prehistoric-megalodon-extinction-science-a8679636.html

The paper is;

Adrian L. Melott, Franciole Marinho, and Laura Paulucci 2018, Hypothesis: Muon Radiation Dose and Marine
Megafaunal Extinction at the End-Pliocene Supernova.
Astrobiology, Published Online, November 27, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1902

Yours,

Paul H.