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Shiguaignathus

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Shiguaignathus
Temporal range: Lopingian
Holotype skull shown from above and below
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Skull shown from the sides

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.