Baranomys kowalskii | |
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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. kowalskii
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Binomial name | |
†Baranomys kowalskii Kretzoi, 1959
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Baranomys kowalskii is extinct species of rodent, from the Baranomys genus of the Baranomyinae subfamily, [1] of the Cricetidae family. [2] It lived in Europe during Pliocene epoch, 15 million years ago, being one of the oldest known members of Baranomys family. [3] It was an ancestor of modern Arvicolinae. [2] The animal had been described by Miklós Kretzoi in 1959, who based his research on the fossils found near Podlesice village in Poland. [1] It was named after a paleontologist and zoologist Kazimierz Kowalski. [4]
Baranomys kowalskii | |
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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. kowalskii
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Binomial name | |
†Baranomys kowalskii Kretzoi, 1959
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Baranomys kowalskii is extinct species of rodent, from the Baranomys genus of the Baranomyinae subfamily, [1] of the Cricetidae family. [2] It lived in Europe during Pliocene epoch, 15 million years ago, being one of the oldest known members of Baranomys family. [3] It was an ancestor of modern Arvicolinae. [2] The animal had been described by Miklós Kretzoi in 1959, who based his research on the fossils found near Podlesice village in Poland. [1] It was named after a paleontologist and zoologist Kazimierz Kowalski. [4]