| Rooneyia[1] Temporal range: 35 Ma Late Eocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorrhini |
| Family: | Omyidae† |
| Subfamily: | Omomyinae† |
| Tribe: | Rooneyini† |
| Genus: | Rooneyia Wilson, 1966 |
| Species: | R. viejaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rooneyia viejaensis |
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Rooneyia is an extinct genus of primate. The genus includes one species, Rooneyia viejaensis. It lived approximately 55 million years ago.[2] Tim Ryan, at the Pennsylvania State University, has scanned the only known specimen.[1]
Rooneyia is an omomyid, which is a prosimian primate family,[2] related to the lemurs and the aye-aye. 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]