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.

Orthopus
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Orthopus

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  • Kammerer, Christian F. (2011). "Systematics of the Anteosauria (Therapsida: Dinocephalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9 (2): 261–304. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492645. eISSN 1478-0941. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 84799772.
  • The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive