Ikamauius

Ikamauius
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Pristiophoriformes
Family: Pristiophoridae
Genus: Ikamauius
Keyes, 1979
Species:
I. ensifer
Binomial name
Ikamauius ensifer
(Davis, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Trygon ensifer
    Davis, 1888
  • Pristiophorus ensifer
    (Davis, 1888)
  • Pristiophorus napierensis
    Chapman, 1918

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.