Complex sentence: The first apeomyine to be discovered was "Apeomys tuerkheimae" from the Early Miocene of Germany in 1968, and later discoveries expanded the range of "Apeomys" and similar taxa.
Split into simpler sentences: The first apeomyine to be discovered was "Apeomys tuerkheimae", named in 1968 based on fossils from the Early Miocene of Germany. Later discoveries expanded the range of "Apeomys" and similar taxa.