Description
Original diagnosis after Stumpf, Kettler, Kindlimann, Cuny & Kriwet, 2023 [31825]: A species of Strophodus that is characterized by the following unique combination of dental characters: Presence of a well-developed, heterodont crushing-type dentition; teeth of first lateral file short mesio-distally and slightly domed in labio-lingual view, with a nearly triangular occlusal outline; tooth crowns of first lateral teeth without transverse occlusal crest, but covered with a finely reticulate pattern; teeth of the second lateral file wide mesio-distally and bulbous without a dome in labio-lingual view, displaying a subrectangular occlusal outline with a slightly concave labial and a gently convex lingual edge; tooth crowns of second lateral teeth without transverse occlusal crest and covered with a finely reticulate pattern that turns into labiolingually aligned bands along the lingual part of the crown; teeth of first posterior file shorter mesio-distally than labio-lingually long and elliptical in occlusal outline; tooth crowns of first posterior teeth slightly elevated and ornamented with a finely reticulate pattern; tooth crowns of second posterior teeth small and oval in occlusal outline with their long axes oriented obliquely, exhibiting a finely reticulate ornamentation pattern; tooth roots of second posterior teeth parallelogram- shaped in occlusal outline and protrude distally and slightly labio-lingually below the crown, meeting each other in an efficient interlocking manner.

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