Shiguaignathus

{{short description|Extinct genus of therapsid from Late Permian China}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Lopingian}}

| image = Shiguaignathus.png

| image_caption = Holotype skull shown from above and below

| parent_authority = Liu & Abdala, 2017

| taxon = Shiguaignathus wangi

| authority = Liu & Abdala, 2017

}}

File:Shiguaignathus wangi.png

Shiguaignathus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in what is now China during the Late Permian.{{cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Jun |last2=Abdala |first2=Fernando |title=The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 1. Shiguaignathus wangi gen. et sp. nov., the first akidnognathid therocephalian from China |journal=PeerJ |date=2017 |volume=5 |pages=e4150 |doi=10.7717/peerj.4150|pmc=5723136 |pmid=29230374 |doi-access=free }} It was found in the Naobaogou Formation and is known from a partial skull. It was found to be a basal member of Akidnognathidae.