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Monster 'Fleas' Put the Bite on Dinosaurs

Artist's illustration of a giant flealike insect that plagued dinosaurs 165 million years ago. The bug, Pseudopulex jurassicus, used a long proboscis to feed on the blood of dinosaurs.
CREDIT: courtesy of Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
02 May 2012
http://www.livescience.com/20031-giant-flea-insect-pest-plagued-dinosaurs.html [with comments]