Image credit: Fernandex V, Abdala F, Carlson KJ, Cook DC, Rubidge BS, Yates A, etl al. (2013)hey yal

Image credit: Fernandex V, Abdala F, Carlson KJ, Cook DC, Rubidge BS, Yates A, etl al. (2013)hey yall ! it’s been awhile but I wanna share some interesting things I saw yesterday in a video on PBS Eon’s channel :) credit to them for this information + link to their full video here: https://youtu.be/T2kURaqzCdA !! please please check it out!! it’s so amazingSo what you’re seeing in the image above is a fossilized burrow, inside of which lies the remains of a Thrinaxodon (distant + extinct relative of mammals), as well as the body of a Broomistega (extinct amphibian). This is such an incredible find: two organisms of completely different species fossilized together in the same burrow. Really begs the question: how did they end up in there together?There were a number of theories of how Thrinaxodon ended up fossilized with Broomistega, but the general consensus goes a little something like this:>Setting: early Triassic period, southern Africa; KwaZulu-Natal. It is a very hot day. The sun is burning high in the sky.>Enter Thrinaxodon, sleeping in a cool underground burrow, in a state of dormancy to better bear the heat.>Enter Broomistega, injured and in pain from an accident a few weeks prior (image scans of partially healed broken ribs)>Broomistega, in search for a cool place to rest, crawls into Thrinaxodon’s burrow. Thrinaxodon, in a deep torpor, does not notice the intruder>The burrow is a death trap.>There is a sudden flood. Water soon pours into the burrow, pushing both animals against the wall, killing them in the process.>Sediment washes over their dead bodies. The animals become fossilized in the burrow, pushed against each other.>Thrinaxodon and Broomistega are found like this, together, 250 million years later.for the first time ever,small-custard assessment: gives them a 10/10. -- source link

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