Shiguaignathus
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.
| Shiguaignathus | |
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| Holotype skull shown from above and below | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Therocephalia |
| Family: | †Akidnognathidae |
| Genus: | †Shiguaignathus Liu & Abdala, 2017 |
| Species: | †S. wangi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Shiguaignathus wangi Liu & Abdala, 2017 | |
Skull shown from the sides
See also
- List of synapsids
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.
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