Biology:Ikamauius
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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chondrichthyes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Elasmobranchii |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Selachimorpha |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Pristiophoriformes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Pristiophoridae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Ikamauius Keyes, 1979[2] |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">†I. ensifer |
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| †Ikamauius ensifer (Davis, 1888)[1]
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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.[2]
References
- ↑ Davis, J.W. (1888). "On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand". Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society. Series 2 4 (1): 1–48.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Keyes, I.W. (1979). "Ikamauius, a new genus of fossil sawshark (Order Selachii: Family Pristiophoridae) from the Cenozoic of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 22 (1): 125–129. doi:10.1080/00288306.1979.10422558. Bibcode: 1979NZJGG..22..125K.
- ↑ Chapman, F. (1918). "Descriptions and revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary fish-remains of New Zealand". Palaeontological Bulletin, New Zealand Geological Survey 7: 1–45. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/184221#page/655/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q21363137 entry
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