Review of "What bugged the dinosaurs? Insects, Disease and Death in the Cretaceous" by Poinar G. Jr. and Poinar R

Raymond L Jacobson

Department of Parasitology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, POB 12272, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

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Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:6doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-6


Published:	16 March 2008

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Have you ever wondered whatever happened to the dinosaurs? George and Roberta Poinar have put forward some evidence that maybe it was not just cataclysmic events, such as meteorites falling on the earth. They surmise that perhaps insects transmitted diseases that contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. By studying the arthropods trapped in amber during the Cretaceous (65.5 – 145.5 million years ago) period, they have revealed some extraordinary micro-organisms concomitant with the ensnared invertebrates.