Triassic burrow buddies - Unexpected couple revealed by synchrotron light.
Channel: Genuine Rockstars
Date: 2022-10-03

Dr. Vincent Fernandez is a vertebrate palaeontologist at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble in France. He specializes in nuking fossils with x-rays to study their internal structures! 
One of Vincent’s studies, of a burrow with a Thrinaxodon and a Broomistega inside, went viral on TikTok recently because people thought it was a dinosaur pair and they considered it a love tragedy. As wonderful as these interpretations may be, they are very far from the truth, which Vincent will explain here.
Link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064978

Correction: Vincent said "South Africa was at 60° North latitude" where of course he meant to say "South".

Credits:

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) https://www.esrf.fr/ - https://youtu.be/KgOOyeiqY4g
T.rex - trang tran – Pixabay
Looking for eggs in Thailand – ESRF Press release - Romain Amiot/Lyon University 1.
Dr Paul Tafforeau - The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
X-ray arm - Cara Shelton – Unsplash
X-ray of leg Ptrump16 – Wikimedia
CT scan hospital - David Mark - Pixabay
CT scanned skull - Leif Lensgraf – Pixabay
Mussasaurus embryo – Vincent Fernandez (ESRF)
University of the Witwatersrand - Samuella99 – Wikimedia
Burrow - Tommy from Arad - Anybody home? - Wikimedia
Burrow (prairie dog) - Sebastian – Pixabay
Burrow casts probably made by Diictodon – Nkansahrexford – Wikimedia
Thrinaxodon burrow, the pretty burrow – Vincent Fernandez ESRF
Scanning data –Vincent Fernandez ESRF
Segmentation –Vincent Fernandez ESRF – Video rendering Melanie 
Squirrels - Dušan – Pixabay
Meerkats - https://youtu.be/n4S08MMiz5E
Disney – sleeping beauty – Giphy https://giphy.com/gifs/disney-ariel-uJh2K17LzvRPW
Broken ribs – Vincent Fernandez ESRF
Injured Kermit - Alexa – Pixabay
Welcome - Aaron Burden - Unsplash
CSI – Giphy - https://giphy.com/gifs/sunglasses-csi-miami-david-caruso-cNWU2Zeh54VJC
Badger - Vincent van Zalinge – Unsplash
Fox cubs - https://youtu.be/larfcbXF5qc
Sleeping Snow white- Dinsey – Giphy https://giphy.com/gifs/vintage-39f0oeoQTR7Uc
Iceland - Sterna is frozen in Iceland - Pixabay
OTP book 1 - https://makinaro.myportfolio.com/otp
Tiktok Triassic Cuddle @EdmundRambo - https://www.tiktok.com/@edmundrambo/video/6970502563292531973?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=6970502563292531973