Princeton University Press Poinar, G: What Bugged the Dinosaurs?

"This is an excellent book. There is no doubt Poinar and Poinar have admirable track records and they are well known for their sustained and high-quality work on fossil insects, and especially on insects in amber."--Michael J. Benton, author of "When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time" "Interesting and engaging. This book presents evidence that insects interacted as prey, as competitors for plant food, and as vectors of dinosaur diseases. It develops the intriguing and plausible hypothesis that insects contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs."--Timothy D. Schowalter, author of "Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach" ...