| 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 | |
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.