Pondaungia

Japanese: Pondaungia
Pondaungia

...This period can be said to be the period of adaptive radiation of prosimians, and the number of species increased. Currently known species include Adapis and Notharctus , which are thought to be related to lemurs, Anaptomorphidae , which are related to tarsiers, and Pondaungia and Amphipithecus, both excavated in Myanmar and thought to be ancestors of apes. Famous species of Adapidae include the Adapinae subfamily found in Europe and the Notharctinae subfamily found in North America.

From [Primates]

...These include fossils of the Adapidae and Omomysidae, which are important for understanding the primitive forms of primates, but also the ancestors of the Tarsiers and Ceratopods. Amphipithecus and Pondaungia are thought to be Ceratopods, and have been excavated from Myanmar, while two genera of the Omomysidae have been discovered in China. The Oligocene is a period with few primate fossils, but a wide variety of fossils have been excavated at Fayoum in Egypt, and each one has important significance in linking primitive prosimians and anthropoids. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Pondaungia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この時代は原猿類の適応放散期ともいえ,種類も豊富になる。現在知られているものとして,キツネザル類の系統とみられるアダピス類Adapisやノタルクトゥス類Notharctus,メガネザルの系統のアナプトモルフス類Anaptomorphidae,それに類人猿の祖先とも考えられるミャンマー出土のポンダウンギアPondaungiaとアムフィピテクスAmphipithecusなどがある。アダピス科ではヨーロッパ出土のアダピス亜科と北アメリカ出土のノタルクトゥス亜科などが有名である。…

【霊長類】より

…この中にはアダピス科Adapidaeやオモミス科など霊長類の原始形態を知るうえで重要な化石が含まれるが,メガネザル科とショウジョウ科の祖型も姿を現している。ショウジョウ科と考えられるのはアンフィピテクスAmphipithecusとポンダウンギアPondaungiaでミャンマーから出土しており,またオモミス科の2属は中国で発見されている。漸新世は霊長類化石の乏しい時代であるが,エジプトのファユウムでは多彩な化石が出土しており,その一つ一つは原始原猿類と真猿類をつなぐ重要な意味をもつものである。…

※「Pondaungia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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