Wangshi Group | |
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Stratigraphic range:Coniacian-Campanian ~85–75 Ma | |
![]() An outcrop of the Wangshi Group atKugou which is thetype locality forAnomalipes zhaoi. Photographed inc. 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′N120°42′E / 36.9°N 120.7°E /36.9; 120.7 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 37°18′N111°00′E / 37.3°N 111.0°E /37.3; 111.0 |
Region | Shandong |
Country | ![]() |
TheWangshi Group (Chinese:王氏群;pinyin:Wángshì Qún) is a geologicalGroup in Shandong, China whose strata date back to theConiacian toCampanian stages of theLate 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" | Acaenagnathidoviraptorosaur | |||
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 andOtto Zdansky and mentioned byBuffetaut (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] | ![]() | ||
Zhuchengtyrannus[11] | Z. magnus[11] | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Zhuchengceratops | Z. inexpectus | Xingezhuang Formation | ![]() | |||
Zhuchengtitan[12] | Z. zangjiazhuangensis | Xingezhuang Formation | "a single humerus" | A titanosaur closely related toOpisthocoelicaudia |
Other fauna of the Wangshi Group | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Shandongemys[13] | S. dongwuica | Alindholmemydid turtle |
The following fossil eggs were recovered from theJingangkou Formation of the Wangshi Group.[14][15]
Color key
| Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are insmall text; |