Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes

Alternative combinations: Acrodus althausii, Wodnika althausii

Synonyms: Strophodus angustus Münster 1843, Strophodus arcuatus Münster 1840

Full reference: G. Münster. 1840. Ueber einige Placoiden im Kupferschiefer zu Richelsdorf. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 3:122-126

Belongs to Wodnika according to A. S. Woodward 1889

See also Münster 1840 and Münster 1843

Sister taxa: Wodnika ocoyae, Wodnika striatula

Type specimens:

• Wodnika althausi: Its type locality is Richelsdorf (Althaus coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany
• Strophodus angustus: Its type locality is Richelsdorf (Althaus coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany.
• Strophodus arcuatus: Its type locality is Richelsdorf (Althaus coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Richelsdorf (Althaus coll)

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