| Ikamauius Temporal range: Eocene-Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Pristiophoriformes |
| Family: | Pristiophoridae |
| Genus: | †Ikamauius Keyes, 1979 |
| Species: | †I. ensifer |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ikamauius ensifer (Davis, 1888) | |
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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.
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.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:1979NZJGG..22..125K. doi:10.1080/00288306.1979.10422558.
- 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.
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| Ikamauius | |
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