Baranomys longidens is an extinct species of rodent from the Baranomys genus, from the Baranomyinae subfamily of Cricetidae family. It lived in Pliocene epoch and was an ancestor to modern Arvicolinae.[1][2] The fossils of the animals had been found in Europe, including near Gundersheim, Germany,[3] and in Poland.[4] It was first described by Kazimierz Kowalski in 1960.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | †Baranomys |
| Species: | †B. longidens
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| †Baranomys longidens Kowalski, 1960
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Discovery
editThe fossils of the animals had been found in Europe, including near Gundersheim, Germany,[3] and in Poland.[4] The species was first described by Kazimierz Kowalski in 1960. He based his research on fossils evaporated from bone breccia, that was found in Węże Nature Reserve, near the village of Węże, Poland. It was first classified as microtodon longidens, and then reclassified as baranomys longidens.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b Baranomys Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine in Index of Scientific Names as Global Namse Index.
- ^ Wilson Don E., Reeder DeeAnn M. (editors): Arvicolinae. In: Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 3. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
- ^ a b Oldrich Fejfar, Heinrich Wolf-Dieter: Microtoid cricetids and the early history of arvicolids (Mammalia, Rodentia). In: Palaeontologia Electronica. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2011.
- ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ^ Andrzej Sulimski: PLIOCENE LAGOMORPHA AND RODENTIA FROM WĘŻE I (POLAND): Study on the Tertiary bone breccia fauna from Węże near Dzialoszyn in Poland. In: ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA. IX, 1964. Polish Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Kazimierz Kowalski: Cricetidae and Microtidae from the Pliocene of Weże (Poland). In: Acta zoologica cracoviensia. 5 (11), p. 447–506, 1960.
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