Tomiostrobus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of spore-bearing plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Tomiostrobus australis.jpg
| image_caption = Fertile plant of Tomiostrobus australis from Early Triassic Gosford Formation near Terrigal, NSW, Australia.{{cite journal| journal=Journal of Paleontology| title=Earliest Triassic origin of Isoetes and quillwort evolutionary radiation| author=Retallack, Gregory J.| volume=7| pages=500–521|year=1997| issue=3| doi=10.1017/S0022336000039524}}
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Early Triassic}}
| taxon = Tomiostrobus
| authority = Retallack
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = *Tomiostrobus australis
}}
Tomiostrobus is an extinct quillwort genus from the Early Triassic of Australia, China and Russia, which was especially widespread in the aftermath of Permian Triassic mass extinctions.{{cite journal| journal=Gondwana Research| title=Permian and Triassic greenhouse crises| author=Retallack, Gregory J.| volume=24| pages=90–103|year=2013| issue=1| doi=10.1016/j.gr.2012.03.003| bibcode=2013GondR..24...90R}}
File:Isoetes and Tomiostrobus.jpg
Description
Tomiostrobus australis is preserved as whole plants closely spaced within bedding planes, and lived as an early successional weed in lake and pond sedimentary environments, like living Isoetes. Unlike living Isoetes, Tomiostrobus formed closed cones with sporophylls that were distinctly shouldered and woody. This may have been an adaptation to heavy grazing by herbivorous therapsids.
See also
{{Portal|Paleontology}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q25067422}}
Category:Prehistoric lycophytes
Category:Prehistoric lycophyte genera
{{paleo-lycophyte-stub}}
{{triassic-plant-stub}}