Shiguaignathus

Extinct genus of therapsid from Late Permian China

Shiguaignathus Temporal range: Lopingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Holotype skull shown from above and below
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Therocephalia
Family:	†Akidnognathidae
Genus:	†Shiguaignathus Liu & Abdala, 2017
Species:	†S. wangi
Binomial name
†Shiguaignathus wangi Liu & Abdala, 2017

Shiguaignathus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in what is now China during the Late Permian.^[1] It was found in the Naobaogou Formation and is known from a partial skull. It was found to be a basal member of Akidnognathidae.

References

^ Liu, Jun; Abdala, Fernando (2017). "The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 1. Shiguaignathus wangi gen. et sp. nov., the first akidnognathid therocephalian from China". PeerJ. 5: e4150. doi:10.7717/peerj.4150. PMC 5723136. PMID 29230374.

see Synapsida
Therocephalia	see below↓

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Whaitsioidea

Ophidostoma
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