Brithopus

Brithopus Temporal range: Middle Permian, Ufimian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Dinocephalia
Family:	†Brithopodidae
Genus:	†Brithopus Kutorga, 1838
Species:	†B. priscus
Binomial name
†Brithopus priscus Kutorga, 1838
Synonyms
Rhopalodon murchisoni Fischer, 1845 Dinosaurus murchisoni (Fischer, 1845)

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.