Wangshi Group
Wangshi Group Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Type | Geological formation |
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Region | Asia |
Country | China |
The Wangshi Group (Chinese: 王氏群; pinyin: Wángshì Qún) is a geological formation in Shandong, China whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs reported from the Wangshi Group | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
C. fragilis[2] |
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I. zhuchengensis |
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M. hongtuyanensis[2] |
"Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments."[4] |
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P. grangeri[5] |
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S. giganteus[2] |
Xingezhuang Formation |
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S. zhuchengensis |
Xingezhuang Formation |
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T. chingkankouensis[2] |
Jingangkou Formation |
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T. laiyangensis[2] |
Jingangkou Formation |
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T. sinensis[2] |
Jingangkou Formation |
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T. spinorhinus[2] |
Jingangkou Formation |
"Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals."[6] |
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"T." zhuchangensis[7] |
Nomen dubium | |||||
Z. magnus[8] |
Xingezhuang Formation |
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Z. inexpectus |
Xingezhuang Formation |
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- 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.
- ↑ 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".
- ↑ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
- 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.
- ↑ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.
- ↑ Listed as Tyrannosaurus in Hu, Cheng, Pang and Fang (2001). but likely a different genus.
- 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.
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.