Szalay F S, Wilson J A
Folia Primatol (Basel). 1976;25(4):288-93. doi: 10.1159/000155721.
The newly prepared middle ear cavity of Rooneyia viejaensis revealed the enlarged lateral branch of the internal carotid, an ancestral tarsiiform but advanced primate character. The ectotympanic is well inside the bulla proper and it appears that the annulus membrane and the tissues of the external auditory tube became ossified to form the tarsiiform ectotympanic. The polarity of several character clines of tarsiiform basicrania are discussed. Evidence is lacking from basicranial morphology to corroborate the hypothesized special relationship of microchoerine omomyids and Tarsius.
新制备的维氏鲁尼猴中耳腔显示出颈内动脉外侧分支增粗，这是一种原始跗猴型但进步的灵长类特征。鼓骨完全位于鼓泡内部，似乎鼓膜环和外耳道组织骨化形成了跗猴型鼓骨。文中讨论了跗猴型颅底几个特征渐变群的极性。颅底形态学方面缺乏证据来证实微猴科眼镜猴与跗猴之间假设的特殊关系。
