Ikamauius

{{Short description|Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|56|0.0117|Eocene-Pleistocene}} | genus = Ikamauius | parent_authority = Keyes, 1979<ref name="Keyes 1979">{{cite journal |last=Keyes |first=I.W. |date=1979 |title=''Ikamauius'', a new genus of fossil sawshark (Order Selachii: Family Pristiophoridae) from the Cenozoic of New Zealand |journal=New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=125–129 |doi=10.1080/00288306.1979.10422558 |doi-access=free |bibcode=1979NZJGG..22..125K }}</ref> | species = ensifer | authority = (Davis, 1888)<ref name="Davis 1888">{{cite journal |last=Davis |first=J.W. |date=1888 |title=On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand |journal=Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society |series=Series 2 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=1–48 }}</ref> | synonyms = *''Trygon ensifer'' Davis, 1888 *''Pristiophorus ensifer'' (Davis, 1888) *''Pristiophorus napierensis'' Chapman, 1918<ref name="Chapman 1918">{{cite journal |last=Chapman |first=F. |date=1918 |title=Descriptions and revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary fish-remains of New Zealand |journal=Palaeontological Bulletin, New Zealand Geological Survey |volume=7 |pages=1–45 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/184221#page/655/mode/1up }}</ref> }}

'''''Ikamauius''''' is an extinct genus of sawshark from the Cenozoic of New Zealand. It contains a single species, '''''I. ensifer'''''. It is most closely related to the extant ''Pliotrema'', but is distinguished by the presence of barbs on both sides of its rostral denticles.<ref name="Keyes 1979"/>

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Category:Marine fish of New Zealand Category:Sawsharks Category:Prehistoric shark genera Category:Monotypic prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera