Index

Chapters in this book

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