Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects by Scott Richard Shaw

Author:Scott Richard Shaw [Shaw, Scott Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014-09-10T20:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 7. 1. A xyelid sawfly, Pleroneura californica, a sure sign of spring in Wyoming, is a relict of an ancient insect family that arose during the Triassic period.

You’ve no doubt heard lots about the dinosaurs’ impressive dynasty. They certainly became the dominant macroherbivores and macropredators of the Mesozoic era, fiercely overshadowing the mammals for a hundred million years or more.3 But I’ll put a twist on the story: dinosaurs were impressive characters in a big Mesozoic world already largely filled with insects. We don’t usually hear much about the both of them together, but dinosaurs must have influenced the insects, and I’m sure the insects affected the dinosaurs.

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