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Teilhardina

Teilhardina was an early marmoset-like primate that lived in Europe, North America and Asia during in the Early Eocene epoch, about 56-47 million years ago. The paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson is credited with naming it after Jesuit paleontologist and philosopher Teilhard de Chardin.

 
 
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Necrolemur

Necrolemur ("grave lemur") is an extinct genus of primate. The 25 centimetres (9.8 in) long creature closely resembled a tarsier; it was a nocturnal hunter with very large eyes and ears. Necrolemur had sharp teeth, which it probably used to bite through insect armor. Like modern tarsiers, it also possessed long fingers and toes, and a lengthy, balancing, tail. It was also characterised by a short face, a narrow gap between the eyes, a tubular ectotympanic and a relatively large brain.

 
 
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Rooneyia

Rooneyia is an extinct genus of primate. The genus includes the species Rooneyia viejaensis. It lived 35 million years ago. Tim Ryan, at the Pennsylvania State University, has scanned the only known specimen. Rooneyia is an omomyid, which is a prosimian primate family, 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.

 
 
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Shoshonius

Shoshonius lived about 50 million years ago during the late early Eocene era, with specimens found in Central Wyoming. Shoshonius belongs to the extinct primate family Omomyidae, and shares many features with modern-day tarsiers. Due to its complexity, some have theorized that the Shoshonius may be ancestral to modern Hominids.

 
 
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Rooneyia viejaensis

Rooneyia viejaensis is an extinct species of primate. This species is the only known member of the genus Rooneyia. It lived 35 million years ago. R. viejaensis is an Omomyid, which is an extinct prosimian primate family. , related to the lemurs and the aye-aye. It is a member of the Subfamily Omomyinae and Tribe Rooneyini.

 
 
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Altiatlasius

Altiatlasius was a primate from the Paleocene. Its true taxonomic position remains controversial, it has been suggested that it should belong to the family Toliapinidae, the order Plesiadapiformes or that it should be recognized as a euprimate. If it were recognized as a true primate, this would make it the oldest known primate species.