Wangshi Group

Wangshi Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Group
Unit of Jiaolai Basin
Sub-units Linjiazhuang Formation, Xingezhuang Formation, Hongtuya Formation, Jingangkou Formation, Shijiatun Formation
Underlies Jiaozhou Formation
Overlies Qingshan Group
Lithology
Primary Conglomerate
Other Marl
Location
Region Asia
Country  China

The Wangshi Group (Chinese: 王氏群; pinyin: Wángshì Qún) is a geological Group in Shandong, China whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the group.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

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Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Wangshi Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Anomalipes[2]

A. zhaoi

"Partial left hindlimb"

a caenagnathid oviraptorosaur

Chingkankousaurus[3]

C. fragilis[3]

Nomen dubium
Sinoceratops
Tsintaosaurus

Ischioceratops[4]

I. zhuchengensis
Laiyangosaurus[5] L. youngi Jingangkou Formation A Saurolophinae Hadrosaur

Micropachycephalosaurus[3]

M. hongtuyanensis[3]

"Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments."[6]

Pinacosaurus[7]

P. grangeri[7]

Shantungosaurus[3]

S. giganteus[3]

Xingezhuang Formation

Sinoceratops

S. zhuchengensis

Xingezhuang Formation

Tanius[3]

T. chingkankouensis[3]

Jingangkou Formation

T. laiyangensis[3]

Jingangkou Formation

Nomen dubium

T. sinensis[3]

Jingangkou Formation

Tsintaosaurus[3]

T. spinorhinus[3]

Jingangkou Formation

"Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals."[8]

Tyrannosaurus

"T." zhuchangensis[9]

Nomen dubium

Zhuchengtyrannus[10]

Z. magnus[10]

Xingezhuang Formation

Zhuchengceratops

Z. inexpectus

Xingezhuang Formation

Zhuchengtitan[11] Z. zangjiazhuangensis Xingezhuang Formation "a single humerus" A Titanosaur closely related to Opisthocoelicaudia

Other Animals

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Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Other animals reported from the Wangshi Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Shandongemys[12] S. dongwuica A lindholmemydid Turtle

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ↑ Yilun Yu; Kebai Wang; Shuqing Chen; Corwin Sullivan; Shuo Wang; Peiye Wang; Xing Xu (2018). "A new caenagnathid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Wangshi Group of Shandong, China, with comments on size variation among oviraptorosaurs". Scientific Reports. 8: Article number 5030. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23252-2
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  4. ↑ Yiming He, Peter J. Makovicky, Kebai Wang, Shuqing Chen, Corwin Sullivan, Fenglu Han, Xing XuMichael J. Ryan, David C. Evans, Philip J. Currie, Caleb M. Brown and Don Brinkman (2015). "A New Leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) with a Unique Ischium from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China".
  5. ↑ Zhang, J.L.; Wang, X.; Wang, Q.; Jiang, S.; Cheng, X.; Ning, L.; Qiu, R. (2017). "A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China" (PDF). Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
  6. ↑ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
  7. 1 2 Listed as "Pinacosaurus cf. grangeri" in "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  8. ↑ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.
  9. ↑ Listed as Tyrannosaurus in Hu, Cheng, Pang and Fang (2001). but likely a different genus.
  10. 1 2 David W. E. Hone, Kebai Wang, Corwin Sullivan, Xijin Zhao, Shuqing Chen, Dunjin Li, Shuan Ji, Qiang Ji and Xing Xu (2011). "A new, large tyrannosaurine theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of China". Cretaceous Research. 32 (4): 495–503. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.005.
  11. ↑ Mo, J.; Wang, K.; Chen, S.; Wang, P.; Xu, X. (2017). "A new titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous strata of Shandong Province". Geological Bulletin of China. 36 (9): 1501–1505.
  12. ↑ L. Li, H. Tong, K. Wang, S. Chen, and X. Xu. 2013. Lindholmemydid turtles (Cryptodira: Testudinoidea) from the Late Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China. Annales de Paléontologie 99:243-259

References

  • Hu, Cheng, Pang and Fang (2001). Shantungosaurus giganteus: [3 front matter] + ii + 139 pp. + 18 plates [in Chinese with English abstract; publisher's name not translated: ISBN 7-116-03472-2].
  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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