Neil
01-Mar-2012, 11:16 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2108237/Inch-long-fossil-fleas-huge-piercing-mouth-parts-fed-dinosaurs.html?ITO=1490
Giant Jurassic fleas measuring more about an inch long may have fed on feathered dinosaurs, say scientists.
Fossils of several of the blood-sucking insects were unearthed at two sites in China.
They had huge 'siphonate' mouth parts - which scientists say could have helped pierce their hosts' scaly skin.
Giant Jurassic fleas measuring more about an inch long may have fed on feathered dinosaurs, say scientists.
Fossils of several of the blood-sucking insects were unearthed at two sites in China.
They had huge 'siphonate' mouth parts - which scientists say could have helped pierce their hosts' scaly skin.