Insects at K/T boundary

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I am glad to forward this message by Andrew Ross, concerning insects at the
K/T boundary. He sent it offline and gave his permission to post the
information on Paleonet.
Heinz Hilbrecht
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>Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 12:48:37 +0100 (BST)
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>From: Andrew Ross <ajr@nhm.ac.uk>
>Subject: Insects at K/T boundary
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>Dear Dr Hilbrecht,
>
>Your enquiry regarding the reaction of insects to the K/T boundary event has
>been passed to me for attention.
>
>I have built up a database of all insect families found in the fossil
>record.  The data does not indicate a significant extinction of insects at
>the K/T boundary.  The radiation of the angiosperms during the Lower
>Cretaceous had a much more dramatic effect on them.
>
>References that may be of interest to you are-
>
>Ross, A.J. & Jarzembowski, E.A.  1993.  Arthropoda (Hexapoda; Insecta).  In:
>Benton, M. J.  The Fossil Record 2.  Chapman & Hall, London.  pp. 363-426.
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>Jarzembowski, E.A. & Ross, A.J.  1993.  Time flies: the geological record of
>insects. Geology Today, Vol. 9, pp. 218-223.
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>Jarzembowski, E.A. & Ross, A.J.  1996.  Insect origination and extinction in
>the Phanerozoic.  In: Hart, M.B. (ed.)  Biotic recovery from mass extinction
>events.  Geological Society Special Publication, No. 102, pp. 65-78.
>
>Other references that discuss this subject are listed in the last paper.
>
>Hibernation seems the most plausible reason why insects were hardly affected
>by the K/T boundary event.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>Andrew Ross
>
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>Andrew J. Ross
>Curator of fossil insects
>Department of Palaeontology
>Natural History Museum
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