What Bugged the Dinosaurs? : Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous /

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This book reveals that T. rex was not the only killer in the Cretaceous: insects--from biting sand flies to disease-causing parasites--dominated life on the planet and played a significant role in the life and death of the dinosaurs. Analyzing exotic insects fossilized in Cretaceous amber at three m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Poinar, George O.
Otros Autores: Poinar, Roberta
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Paleontology.
Paleoecology.
Insects, Fossil.
Cretaceous Geologic Period.
Amber fossils.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
NATURE > Animals > Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
NATURE > Fossils.
Fossiles dans l'ambre.
Plantes fossiles > Maladies.
Plantes fossiles > Parasites.
Dinosaures > Maladies.
Dinosaures > Parasites.
Insectes fossiles > Écologie.
Insectes fossiles.
Paleoecologie > Cretace.
Paleontologie > Cretace.
Plants, Fossil > Diseases.
Plants, Fossil > Parasites.
Dinosaurs > Diseases.
Dinosaurs > Parasites.
Insects, Fossil > Ecology.
Paleoecology > Cretaceous.
Paleontology > Cretaceous.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Fossils : a time capsule
  • 2. The Cretaceous : a time of change
  • 3. Herbivory
  • 4. Dinosaurs competing with insects
  • 5. Did dinosaurs or insects "invent" flowering plants?
  • 6. Pollination
  • 7. Blights and diseases of Cretaceous plants
  • 8. The Cretaceous Age of chimeras and other oddities
  • 9. Sanitary engineers of the Cretaceous
  • 10. The case for entomophagy among dinosaurs
  • 11. Gorging on dinosaurs
  • 12. Biting midges
  • 13. Sand flies
  • 14. Mosquitoes
  • 15. Blackflies
  • 16. Horseflies and deerflies
  • 17. Fleas and lice
  • 18. Ticks and mites
  • 19. Parasitic worms
  • 20. The discovery of Cretaceous diseases
  • 21. Diseases and the evolution of pathogens
  • 22. Insects : the ultimate survivors
  • 23. Extinctions and the K/T boundary
  • Appendix A : Cretaceous Hexapoda
  • Appendix B : Key factors contributing to the survival of terrestrial animals
  • Appendix C : Problems with evaluating the fossil record and extinctions
  • References
  • Index.

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