Orthopus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of synapsids}}
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Orthopus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids. It is based on a partial humerus that closely resembles Estemmenosuchus, in the limited comparisons possible.
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References
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- {{Cite journal| doi = 10.1080/14772019.2010.492645| issn = 1477-2019 | eissn = 1478-0941| volume = 9| issue = 2| pages = 261–304| last = Kammerer| first = Christian F.| title = Systematics of the Anteosauria (Therapsida: Dinocephalia)| journal = Journal of Systematic Palaeontology| date = 2011 | s2cid = 84799772 | url = http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772019.2010.492645| url-access = subscription}}
- [http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/synapsida_index.html The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids] at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
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Category:Prehistoric synapsid genera
Category:Permian animals of Europe
Category:Permian animals of Asia
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1838
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