Baranomys is an extinct genus of rodent from the Baranomyinae subfamily of Cricetidae family.[1] It lived in Pliocene epoch, and its fossils have been found in Canada,[2] Germany,[3] Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland.[2] It was an ancestor to modern Arvicolinae.[1] The species was described for the first time by Theodor Kormos in 1933.[4]
| Baranomys | |
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| Fossils of Baranomys longidens. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | †Baranomyinae |
| Genus: | †Baranomys Kormos, 1933 |
Species
- Baranomys kowalskii Kretzoi, 1962
- Baranomys langenhani Heller, 1937
- Baranomys loczyi Kormos, 1933
- Baranomys longidens Kowalski, 1960