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BRITHOPUS
(bri-thop-us)
Named By: Kutorga in 1838
Time Period: Middle Permian, Ufimian
Location: Russia
Size: Estimated about 2.5 to 3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Dinocephalia | Brithopodidae |
Also known as: | Dinosaurus murchisoni | Rhopalodon murchisoni |
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Brithopus is an extinct genus of dinocephalian therapsids. It contains a single species, Brithopus priscus, known from fragmentary remains found in the Copper Sandstones near Isheevo, Russia.

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