page_title: Shiguaignathus
hierarchical_section_title: Shiguaignathus
caption_attribution_description: Holotype of Shiguaignathus wangi (IVPP V 23297) from the Naobaogou Formation of China. (A) photograph and (B) line drawing in left lateral view; (C) photograph and (D) line drawing in right lateral view. Abbreviations: J, jugal; L, lacrimal; M, maxilla; PF, prefrontal; PM, premaxilla; SM, septomaxilla; smf, septomaxillary foramen. Photo credit: Jun Liu. Drawing credit: Jun Liu and Yong Xu.
context_page_description: Shiguaignathus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in what is now China during the Late Permian. It was found in the Naobaogou Formation and is known from a partial skull. It was found to be a basal member of Akidnognathidae.
context_section_description: Shiguaignathus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in what is now China during the  Late Permian. It was found in the Naobaogou Formation and is known from a partial skull. It was found to be a basal member of Akidnognathidae.
caption: Skull shown from the sides
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