Mesozoic Giant Fleas from Northeastern China
Huang, D. Y., M. S. Engel, C. Y. Cai, and A. Nel, 2013,
Mesozoic giant fleas from northeastern China
(Siphonaptera): Taxonomy and implications for
palaeodiversity. Chinese Science Bulletin (advance
online publication) doi: 10.1007/s11434-013-5769-3
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11434-013-5769-3
This is an open access paper. Some people might
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"The recently discovered definite giant fleas from
the Middle Jurassic Daohugou fauna and the Early
Cretaceous Jehol fauna of northeastern China
represent significant evidence for understanding
ectoparasitism in the Mesozoic as well as the
evolution of these giant blood feeders with their
putative hosts (i.e. hairy or feathered vertebrates)"
Also, there is:
Huang, D., M. S. Engel, C. Cai, H. Wu, and A. Nel,
2012, Diverse transitional giant fleas from the
Mesozoic era of China. Nature. v. 483, no. 7388.
pp. 201-204, doi:10.1038/nature10839
PDf file at http://211.144.68.84:9998/91keshi/Public/File/34/483-7388/pdf/nature10839.pdf
Yours,
Paul H.
