Rooneyia Wilson 1966 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: J. A. Wilson. 1966. A new primate from the earliest Oligocene, west Texas, preliminary report. Folia Primatologica 4

Parent taxon: Primates according to B. J. Burger 2010

See also Gunnell and Rose 2002, Kay et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rosenberger 2006, Szalay 1976 and Wilson 1966

Sister taxa: Berruvius, Ceciliolemur, Ceciliolemuridae, Ceciliolemuroidea, Chasselasia, Cheiromyoidea, Euprimateformes, Haplorhini, Lemures, Megatarsius, Micromomyidae, Microsyopidae, Microtarsioides, Nosmips, Paromomyidae, Pithecus, Plesiadapiformes, Plesitarsiiformes, Pliopithecus posthumus, Prosimiae, Prosimii, Simia, Simia (Cercopithecus) sinicus pileatus, Simia apedia, Simiolemuriformes, Strepsirrhini, Tarsii, Tupaioidea

Subtaxa: Rooneyia viejaensis

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Blue Cliff Horizon (Eocene of Texas)

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