Tomiostrobus

Tomiostrobus
Temporal range:
Fertile plant of Tomiostrobus australis from Early Triassic Gosford Formation near Terrigal, NSW, Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Tomiostrobus
Retallack
Species
  • Tomiostrobus australis
  • Tomiostrobus polaris
  • Tomiostrobus radiatus
  • Tomiostrobus sinensis

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.