One that's of special interest to us mammals: the cynodonts.

我们哺乳动物特别感兴的一种：兽类。

One way successful cynodonts, like Thrinaxodon, might have done this is through burrowing.

功的兽类，如 Thrinaxodon，可能通过挖洞来做到这一点。

Cynodonts probably also survived thanks to their ability to avoid predators and keep a low profile.

兽类也可能幸下来，这要归功于它们能够避开捕食者并保持低调。

Meanwhile, the descendants of those little cynodonts persisted through the entire Mesozoic Era, hiding in the dinosaur's shadows.

与此同时，那些兽类的后代， 在整个中生代一直在，躲在恐龙的阴影下。

And in that burrow, researchers discovered the nearly complete remains of a small animal called Thrinaxodon, one of the early mammal relatives known as cynodonts.

在那个洞穴中， 研究人员发现了一种名为 Thrinaxodon 的型动物几乎完整的遗骸，它是被称为兽的早期哺乳动物亲属之一。

The oldest known example of a cynodont burrow is dated to around 251 million years ago — just at the boundary between the Permian Period and the Triassic, when the Great Dying was coming to a close.

已知最古老的兽洞穴的例子可以追溯到大约 2.51 亿年前——就在二叠纪和三叠纪的交界处，当时大灭绝即将结束。