What bugged the dinosaurs? : insects, disease, and death in the Cretaceous /

What bugged the dinosaurs? : insects, disease, and death in the Cretaceous /

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Author / Creator:	Poinar, George O.
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 264 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Paleontology -- Cretaceous. Paleoecology -- Cretaceous. Insects, Fossil. Insects, Fossil -- Ecology. Dinosaurs -- Parasites. Dinosaurs -- Diseases. Plants, Fossil -- Parasites. Plants, Fossil -- Diseases. Amber fossils. Amber fossils. Cretaceous Geologic Period. Insects, Fossil. Paleoecology. Paleontology. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206619

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Varying Form of Title:	Insects, disease, and death in the Cretaceous
Other authors / contributors:	Poinar, Roberta.
ISBN:	9781400835690 1400835690 1282531662 9781282531666 9786612531668 6612531665 9780691124315 0691124310
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-252) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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 major deposits in Lebanon, Burma, and Canada, the authors reconstruct the complex ecology of a hostile prehistoric world inhabited by voracious swarms of insects. They draw upon tantalizing new evidence from their discoveries of disease-producing vertebrate pathogens in Cretaceous blood-sucking flies, as well as intestinal worms and protozoa found in fossilized dinosaur excrement, to provide a unique view of how insects infected with malaria, leishmania, and other pathogens, together with intestinal parasites, could have devastated dinosaur populations.--From publisher description.
Other form:	Print version: Poinar, George O. What bugged the dinosaurs? Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008 9780691124315

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Fossils: A Time Capsule
Chapter 2. The Cretaceous: A Time of Change
Chapter 3. Herbivory
Chapter 4. Dinosaurs Competing with Insects
Chapter 5. Did Dinosaurs or Insects "Invent" Flowering Plants?
Chapter 6. Pollination
Chapter 7. Blights and Diseases of Cretaceous Plants
Chapter 8. The Cretaceous: Age of Chimeras and Other Oddities
Chapter 9. Sanitary Engineers of the Cretaceous
Chapter 10. The Case for Entomophagy among Dinosaurs
Chapter 11. Gorging on Dinosaurs
Chapter 12. Biting Midges
Chapter 13. Sand Flies
Chapter 14. Mosquitoes
Chapter 15. Blackflies
Chapter 16. Horseflies and Deerflies
Chapter 17. Fleas and Lice
Chapter 18. Ticks and Mites
Chapter 19. Parasitic Worms
Chapter 20. The Discovery of Cretaceous Diseases
Chapter 21. Diseases and the Evolution of Pathogens
Chapter 22. Insects: The Ultimate Survivors
Chapter 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