Ikamauius ensiler Davis 1888 (saw shark)

Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae

Alternative combination: Trygon ensifer

Full reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48

Belongs to Ikamauius according to I. W. Keyes 1979

See also Chapman 1918 and Davis 1888

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.