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Archaeozostera sp.

genus Archaeozostera Koriba and Mikii (1931)

It had been considered as an extinct species of Zosteracean sea-grass but most of researchers consider that it is a feeding mark.

• Extinct species: Late Cretaceous (99.7 - 66.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• Trace fossils
• kingdom Plantae, Angiosperms, order Alismatales, family Zosteraceae

• Distribution
• Cretaceous: Osaka, Kagawa, Tokushima, Ehime
• Miocene: Aichi

• Subtaxa
• A. lineata Koriba and Miki (1931)
• A. longifolia
• A. minor Koriba and Miki (1931)
• A. pinnata Koriba and Miki (1931)