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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
- 1. Fossils: A Time Capsule 7
- 2. The Cretaceous: A Time of Change 17
- 3. Herbivory 37
- 4. Dinosaurs Competing with Insects 50
- 5. Did Dinosaurs or Insects “Invent” Flowering Plants? 55
- 6. Pollination 57
- 7. Blights and Diseases of Cretaceous Plants 63
- 8. The Cretaceous: Age of Chimeras and Other Oddities 72
- 9. Sanitary Engineers of the Cretaceous 79
- 10. The Case for Entomophagy among Dinosaurs 91
- 11. Gorging on Dinosaurs 102
- 12. Biting Midges 110
- 13. Sand Flies 116
- 14. Mosquitoes 122
- 15. Blackflies 127
- 16. Horseflies and Deerflies 131
- 17. Fleas and Lice 135
- 18. Ticks and Mites 141
- 19. Parasitic Worms 147
- 20. The Discovery of Cretaceous Diseases 157
- 21. Diseases and the Evolution of Pathogens 171
- 22. Insects: The Ultimate Survivors 185
- 23. Extinctions and the K/T Boundary 192
- Appendix A: Cretaceous Hexapoda 203
- Appendix B: Key Factors Contributing to the Survival of Terrestrial Animals 219
- Appendix C: Problems with Evaluating the Fossil Record and Extinctions 221
- References 225
- Index 253
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
- 1. Fossils: A Time Capsule 7
- 2. The Cretaceous: A Time of Change 17
- 3. Herbivory 37
- 4. Dinosaurs Competing with Insects 50
- 5. Did Dinosaurs or Insects “Invent” Flowering Plants? 55
- 6. Pollination 57
- 7. Blights and Diseases of Cretaceous Plants 63
- 8. The Cretaceous: Age of Chimeras and Other Oddities 72
- 9. Sanitary Engineers of the Cretaceous 79
- 10. The Case for Entomophagy among Dinosaurs 91
- 11. Gorging on Dinosaurs 102
- 12. Biting Midges 110
- 13. Sand Flies 116
- 14. Mosquitoes 122
- 15. Blackflies 127
- 16. Horseflies and Deerflies 131
- 17. Fleas and Lice 135
- 18. Ticks and Mites 141
- 19. Parasitic Worms 147
- 20. The Discovery of Cretaceous Diseases 157
- 21. Diseases and the Evolution of Pathogens 171
- 22. Insects: The Ultimate Survivors 185
- 23. Extinctions and the K/T Boundary 192
- Appendix A: Cretaceous Hexapoda 203
- Appendix B: Key Factors Contributing to the Survival of Terrestrial Animals 219
- Appendix C: Problems with Evaluating the Fossil Record and Extinctions 221
- References 225
- Index 253