{{Short description|Extinct genus of synapsids}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = | image = | taxon = Orthopus | authority = Kutorga, 1838 }}
'''''Orthopus''''', from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (''orthós''), meaning "straight", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids. It is based on a partial humerus that closely resembles ''Estemmenosuchus'', in the limited comparisons possible.
== See also == {{Portal|Paleontology}} * List of therapsids
== References == {{Reflist}} *{{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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