| Orobates Temporal range: Cisuralian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Diadectomorpha |
| Family: | †Diadectidae |
| Genus: | †Orobates Berman et al., 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Orobates pabsti Berman et al., 2004
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Orobates is an extinct genus of diadectid reptiliomorphs that lived during the Early Permian. Its fossilised remains were found in Germany.[1] A combination of primitive and derived traits (i.e. autapomorphic and plesiomorphic) distinguish it from all other well-known members of Diadectidae, a family of herbivorous reptiliomorphs. It weighed about 4 kg and appears to have been part of an upland fauna, browsing on high fibre plants.[1][2]
- ^ a b Berman, D. S.; Henrici, A. C.; Kissel, R. A.; Sumida, S. S.; Martens, T. (2004). "A new diadectid (Diadectomorpha), Orobates pabsti, from the Early Permian of Central Germany". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 35: 1–36. doi:10.2992/0145-9058(2004)35[1:ANDDOP]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86621953.
- ^ Nyakatura, J. A.; Allen, V. R.; Lauströer, J.; Andikfar, A.; Danczak, M.; Ullrich, H.-J.; Hufenbach, W.; Martens, T.; Fischer, M. S. (10 September 2015). "A Three-Dimensional Skeletal Reconstruction of the Stem Amniote Orobates pabsti (Diadectidae): Analyses of Body Mass, Centre of Mass Position, and Joint Mobility". PLOS ONE. 10 (9): e0137284. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137284. PMC 4565719. PMID 26355297.