update: Cretaceous fleas

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

Dear All,
     Dann pointed out to me that Mesozoic fleas have already been 
discovered (Early Cretaceous of Australia).  That's an even bigger temporal 
range extension than the one for ticks (which began this thread).
     Anyway, the link he gave me is shown below in case anyone else wants 
to read about it.  By the way, it seems like "Dino", the Flintstone's pet 
dinosaur, once suffered from fleas (or is my memory faulty?).  But perhaps 
it would have been more accurate if he had ticks instead?
                       -----Ken
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> I believe there are Early Cretaceous fleas (as well as lice, worms, water 
> beetles, flies, mayflies, cockroaches, wasps, ants, spiders, thrips, 
> dragonflies) known from Koonwarra in south eastern Australia.
> Plus lots of fish and plants.
>
> See: http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/seozenv.htm
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> Dann Pigdon                   Australian Dinosaurs:
> GIS Archaeologist           http://dannsdinosaurs.terrashare.com
> Melbourne, Australia        http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/
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