Wangshi Group | |
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Stratigraphic range:
Coniacian-
Campanian ~ | |
![]() An outcrop of the Wangshi Group at
Kugou which is the
type locality for
Anomalipes zhaoi. Photographed in
c. 2018. | |
Type | Group |
Unit of | Jiaolai Basin |
Sub-units | Linjiazhuang, Jiangjunding, Xingezhuang, Hongtuya, Jingangkou & Shijiatun Formations |
Underlies | Jiaozhou Formation |
Overlies | Qingshan Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Other | Marl |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36°54′N 120°42′E / 36.9°N 120.7°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 37°18′N 111°00′E / 37.3°N 111.0°E |
Region | Shandong |
Country | ![]() |
The Wangshi Group ( Chinese: 王氏群; pinyin: Wángshì Qún) is a geological Group in Shandong, China whose strata date back to the Coniacian to Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous. [1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the group. [2]
Dinosaurs of the Wangshi Group | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Anomalipes [3] | A. zhaoi | "Partial left hindlimb" | A caenagnathid oviraptorosaur | |||
Chingkankousaurus [4] | C. fragilis [4] | Nomen dubium | ||||
Ischioceratops [5] | I. zhuchengensis | ![]() | ||||
Laiyangosaurus [6] | L. youngi | Jingangkou Formation | A saurolophine hadrosaur | ![]() | ||
Micropachycephalosaurus [4] | M. hongtuyanensis [4] | "Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments." [7] | ![]() | |||
Pinacosaurus [8] | P. cf. grangeri [8] | Shandong | "A well-preserved sacrum with the attached right ilium and part of the presacral rod, caudal vertebrae, a left femur and a dermal scute." [9] | Remains collected in 1923 by H. C. T’an and Otto Zdansky and mentioned by Buffetaut (1995) [9] | ![]() | |
Shantungosaurus [4] | S. giganteus [4] | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Sinoceratops | S. zhuchengensis | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Tanius [4] | T. chingkankouensis [4] | Jingangkou Formation | ![]() | |||
T. laiyangensis [4] | Jingangkou Formation | Nomen dubium | ||||
T. sinensis [4] | Jingangkou Formation | |||||
Tsintaosaurus [4] | T. spinorhinus [4] | Jingangkou Formation | "Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals." [10] | ![]() | ||
Tyrannosaurus | "T." zhuchangensis [11] | Nomen dubium | ||||
Zhuchengtyrannus [12] | Z. magnus [12] | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Zhuchengceratops | Z. inexpectus | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Zhuchengtitan [13] | Z. zangjiazhuangensis | Xingezhuang Formation | "a single humerus" | A titanosaur closely related to Opisthocoelicaudia |
Other fauna of the Wangshi Group | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Shandongemys [14] | S. dongwuica | A lindholmemydid turtle |
The following fossil eggs were recovered from the Jingangkou Formation of the Wangshi Group. [15] [16]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Wangshi Group | |
---|---|
Stratigraphic range:
Coniacian-
Campanian ~ | |
![]() An outcrop of the Wangshi Group at
Kugou which is the
type locality for
Anomalipes zhaoi. Photographed in
c. 2018. | |
Type | Group |
Unit of | Jiaolai Basin |
Sub-units | Linjiazhuang, Jiangjunding, Xingezhuang, Hongtuya, Jingangkou & Shijiatun Formations |
Underlies | Jiaozhou Formation |
Overlies | Qingshan Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Other | Marl |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36°54′N 120°42′E / 36.9°N 120.7°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 37°18′N 111°00′E / 37.3°N 111.0°E |
Region | Shandong |
Country | ![]() |
The Wangshi Group ( Chinese: 王氏群; pinyin: Wángshì Qún) is a geological Group in Shandong, China whose strata date back to the Coniacian to Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous. [1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the group. [2]
Dinosaurs of the Wangshi Group | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Anomalipes [3] | A. zhaoi | "Partial left hindlimb" | A caenagnathid oviraptorosaur | |||
Chingkankousaurus [4] | C. fragilis [4] | Nomen dubium | ||||
Ischioceratops [5] | I. zhuchengensis | ![]() | ||||
Laiyangosaurus [6] | L. youngi | Jingangkou Formation | A saurolophine hadrosaur | ![]() | ||
Micropachycephalosaurus [4] | M. hongtuyanensis [4] | "Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments." [7] | ![]() | |||
Pinacosaurus [8] | P. cf. grangeri [8] | Shandong | "A well-preserved sacrum with the attached right ilium and part of the presacral rod, caudal vertebrae, a left femur and a dermal scute." [9] | Remains collected in 1923 by H. C. T’an and Otto Zdansky and mentioned by Buffetaut (1995) [9] | ![]() | |
Shantungosaurus [4] | S. giganteus [4] | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Sinoceratops | S. zhuchengensis | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Tanius [4] | T. chingkankouensis [4] | Jingangkou Formation | ![]() | |||
T. laiyangensis [4] | Jingangkou Formation | Nomen dubium | ||||
T. sinensis [4] | Jingangkou Formation | |||||
Tsintaosaurus [4] | T. spinorhinus [4] | Jingangkou Formation | "Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals." [10] | ![]() | ||
Tyrannosaurus | "T." zhuchangensis [11] | Nomen dubium | ||||
Zhuchengtyrannus [12] | Z. magnus [12] | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Zhuchengceratops | Z. inexpectus | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Zhuchengtitan [13] | Z. zangjiazhuangensis | Xingezhuang Formation | "a single humerus" | A titanosaur closely related to Opisthocoelicaudia |
Other fauna of the Wangshi Group | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Shandongemys [14] | S. dongwuica | A lindholmemydid turtle |
The following fossil eggs were recovered from the Jingangkou Formation of the Wangshi Group. [15] [16]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |