''Lophorhinus'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids from the

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''L. willodenensis'' was named in 2007. It is known from the

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Burnetiamorpha Prehistoric therapsid genera Lopingian synapsids of Africa Fossil taxa described in 2007 Taxa named by Christian Sidor Lopingian genus first appearances Lopingian genus extinctions {{paleo-therapsid-stub