Ikamauius
Appearance
Ikamauius Temporal range:
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Pristiophoriformes |
Family: | Pristiophoridae |
Genus: | †Ikamauius Keyes, 1979[2] |
Species: | †I. ensifer
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Binomial name | |
†Ikamauius ensifer | |
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.