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So Happy Together! Broomistega & Thrinaxodon! In Olenekian Triassic South Africa
Source info:
| Author: | Will Baird |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2013-06-22 03:00:00 |
| Blog: | The Dragon’s Tales  |
| URL: | http://thedragonstales.blogspot.com/2013/06/so-happy-together-broomistega.html |
Summary:
Synchrotron imaging reveals odd couple - 250 million years ago, a mammal forerunner and an amphibian shared a burrow. Scientists from South Africa, Australia and France have discovered a world first association while scanning a 250 million year old fossilized burrow from the Karoo Basin of South Africa. The burrow revealed two unrelated vertebrate animals nestled together and fossilizedContent analysis:
Stratigraphic context:
| Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]: | Triassic [1] Olenekian [1] |
|---|---|
| Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]: | Triassic [0.5] Mesozoic [0.5] Phanerozoic [0.5] Olenekian [0.1] Lower Triassic [0.1] |
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | AU | -24.9121 | 133.398 |
| France | FR | 46.7107 | 1.71819 |
| South Africa | ZA | -28.4793 | 24.6799 |
Keywords:
Africa Synchrotron imaging, Australia, biotic recovery, Broomistega, burrow, fossilized burrow, Karoo Basin, mammal forerunner, odd couple, Olenekian Triassic South, paleobiology, Scientists, South Africa, Thrinaxodon, unrelated vertebrate animals, world first association
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