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Authors: Scott Richard Shaw
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CHAPTER 6: PALEOZOIC HOLOCAUST
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CHAPTER 7: TRIASSIC SPRING
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CHAPTER 9: CRETACEOUS BLOOM AND DOOM
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POSTSCRIPT: THE BUGGY UNIVERSE HYPOTHESIS
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Index
Page numbers in italics refer to figures. The abbreviation “pl.” refers to color plates
.
abdomen,
xi
,
11
,
60
,
76
,
80
,
85
,
pl. 8
Aculeata,
160
adaptations: to extreme environments,
3
; hypermetamorphic,
143–45
; novel,
113
adaptive radiation,
145
,
156
,
180–81
agriculture,
182
air dragons,
87
,
89–90
,
94
,
99
,
113
,
131
,
136
algae,
47–48
,
51
,
106
,
108
,
126
,
174–76
allergies,
167–8