Pondaungia is an extinct genus of amphipithecid primate that lived in Myanmar during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Description Pondaungia cotteri possessed an extremely robust and massive lower jaw, characterised by a deep mandibular corpus, a thick superior mandibular torus, and an exceptionally robust horizontal ramus. In contrast to most anthropoid primates, it had an unfused mandibular symphysis similar to that of prosimians. Its dental arcade had a parabolic shape.
Palaeobiology
Locomotion Based on its talar morphology, Pondaungia was a generalised arboreal quadruped. Its talus did, however, have some characteristics indicating it was also competent at leaping, such as slight trochlear grooving, an almost straight talar neck of moderate length, a relatively high body of the talus, and a rather steep medial talotibial facet.
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