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

Book details Poinar G Jr, Poinar R: What bugged the dinosaurs? In Insects, Disease and Death in the Cretaceous Princeton University Press; 2008. 264 pages. ISBN 978-0691124310 Review 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.