Wangshi Group
Wangshi Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Coniacian-Campanian ~ | |
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 | China |
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. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the group.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs of the Wangshi Group | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Anomalipes | A. zhaoi | "Partial left hindlimb" | A caenagnathid oviraptorosaur | |||
Chingkankousaurus | C. fragilis | Nomen dubium | ||||
Ischioceratops | I. zhuchengensis | |||||
Laiyangosaurus | L. youngi | Jingangkou Formation | A saurolophine hadrosaur | |||
Micropachycephalosaurus | M. hongtuyanensis | "Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments." | ||||
Pinacosaurus | P. grangeri | |||||
Shantungosaurus | S. giganteus | Xingezhuang Formation | ||||
Sinoceratops | S. zhuchengensis | Xingezhuang Formation | ||||
Tanius | T. chingkankouensis | Jingangkou Formation | ||||
T. laiyangensis | Jingangkou Formation | Nomen dubium | ||||
T. sinensis | Jingangkou Formation | |||||
Tsintaosaurus | T. spinorhinus | Jingangkou Formation | "Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals." | |||
Tyrannosaurus | "T." zhuchangensis | Nomen dubium | ||||
Zhuchengtyrannus | Z. magnus | Xingezhuang Formation | ||||
Zhuchengceratops | Z. inexpectus | Xingezhuang Formation | ||||
Zhuchengtitan | Z. zangjiazhuangensis | Xingezhuang Formation | "a single humerus" | A titanosaur closely related to Opisthocoelicaudia |
Other fauna
Other fauna of the Wangshi Group | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Shandongemys | S. dongwuica | A lindholmemydid turtle |
Fossil eggs
The following fossil eggs were recovered from the Jingangkou Formation of the Wangshi Group.
- Saurischia
- Neornithischia
- Ovaloolithidae
- Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis
- Ovaloolithus laminadermus
- Ovaloolithidae
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |