Rooneyia

Rooneyia is an extinct genus of primate. The genus includes one species, Rooneyia viejaensis. It lived approximately 37 million years ago.[2] Tim Ryan, at the Pennsylvania State University, has scanned the only known specimen.[1]

Rooneyia[1]
Temporal range: 35 Ma
Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Subfamily: Omomyinae
Tribe: Rooneyini
Genus: Rooneyia
Wilson, 1966
Species:
R. viejaensis
Binomial name
Rooneyia viejaensis
Wilson, 1966

Rooneyia is an omomyid primate.[3] As a member of the suborder Haplorrhini, it is related to tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. It is a member of the subfamily Omomyinae and tribe Rooneyini. John A. Wilson, at the Texas Natural Science Center, discovered the type specimen in 1964.[2]

See also

References

  1. Amy Barth, "the Secret Life of Fossils", Discover Magazine, July/August 2009. pp. 38, 40.
  2. U of Texas website. Accessed November 19, 2010.
  3. U of Texas website. Accessed June 10, 2009.


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