Earth:Wangshi Group

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Wangshi Group
Stratigraphic range: Campanian
~77.3–73.5 Ma
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An outcrop of the Wangshi Group at Kugou which is the type locality for Anomalipes zhaoi. Photographed in c. 2018.
TypeGroup
Unit ofJiaolai Basin
Sub-unitsLinjiazhuang, Jiangjunding, Xingezhuang, Hongtuya, Jingangkou & Shijiatun Formations
UnderliesJiaozhou Formation
OverliesQingshan Group
Lithology
PrimaryConglomerate
OtherMarl
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 36°54′N 120°42′E / 36.9°N 120.7°E / 36.9; 120.7
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 37°18′N 111°00′E / 37.3°N 111.0°E / 37.3; 111.0
RegionShandong
CountryChina
Wangshi Group is located in China
Wangshi Group
Wangshi Group (China)
Wangshi Group is located in Shandong
Wangshi Group
Wangshi Group (Shandong)

The Wangshi Group (Chinese: 王氏群; pinyin: Wángshì Qún) is a geological Group in Shandong, China whose strata date back to the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, approximately 77.3 to 73.5 million years ago.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the group.[2]

Fossil content

Color key
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

Ornithischians

Ornithischians of the Wangshi Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Ischioceratops[3] I. zhuchengensis Shandong Province, China Campanian A leptoceratopsid ceratopsid
Laiyangosaurus[4] L. youngi Shandong Province, China Campanian A edmontosaurin saurolophine
Micropachycephalosaurus[5][6] M. hongtuyanensis Shandong Province, China Campanian "Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments". A marginocephalian ornithischian
Pinacosaurus[7] P. cf. grangeri[7] Shandong Province, China Campanian "A well-preserved sacrum with the attached right ilium and part of the presacral rod, caudal vertebrae, a left femur and a dermal scute."[8] A ankylosaurine ankylosaurid; remains collected in 1923 by H. C. T'an and Otto Zdansky and mentioned by Buffetaut (1995)[8]
Shantungosaurus[5] S. giganteus Shandong Province, China Campanian A giant edmontosauirin saurolophine
Sinankylosaurus[9] S. zhuchengensis Shandon Province, China Campanian "Partial right ilium". Nomen dubium; originally described as an ankylosaur.
Sinoceratops S. zhuchengensis Shandong Province, China Campanian A centrosaurine ceratopsid
Tanius[5] T. chingkankouensis Campanian A hadrosauromorph hadrosauroid
T. laiyangensis Shandong Province, China Campanian Nomen dubium
T. sinensis Shandong Province, China Campanian A hadrosauromorph hadrosauroid
Tsintaosaurus[10][5] T. spinorhinus Shandong Province, China Campanian "Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals". A tsintaosaurin lambeosaurine
Zhuchengceratops Z. inexpectus Shandong Province, China Campanian A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian

Sauropods

Sauropods of the Wangshi Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Zhuchengtitan[11] Z. zangjiazhuangensis Shandong Province, China Campania "A single humerus". A saltasaurid titanosaur

Theropods

Theropods of the Wangshi Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Anomalipes[12] A. zhaoi Shandong Province, China Campanian "Partial left hindlimb". A caenagnathid oviraptorosaur
Chingkankousaurus[5] C. fragilis Shandong Province, China Campanian Nomen dubium
Zhuchengtyrannus[13] Z. magnus[13] Shandong Province, China Campanian A tyrannosaurin tyrannosaurine

Turtles

Turtles of the Wangshi Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Image
Shandongemys[14] S. dongwuica Shandong Province, China Campanian A lindholmemydid turtle

Fossil eggs

The following fossil eggs were recovered from the Jingangkou Formation of the Wangshi Group.[15][16]

  • Saurischia
    • Elongatoolithidae
      • Elongatoolithus elongatus
  • Neornithischia
    • Ovaloolithidae
      • Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis
      • Ovaloolithus laminadermus

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

  1. ↑ An, W.; Kuang, H.-W.; Liu, Y.-Q.; Peng, N.; Xu, K.-M.; Xu, H.; Zhang, P.; Wang, K.-B. et al. (2016). "Detrital zircon dating and tracing the provenance of dinosaur bone beds from the Late Cretaceous Wangshi Group in Zhucheng, Shandong, East China". Journal of Palaeogeography 5 (1): 72–99. doi:10.1016/j.jop.2015.11.002. 
  2. ↑ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600
  3. ↑ 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".
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  6. ↑ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 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. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Buffetaut, Eric (1995). "An ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong (China)". Geological Magazine 132 (6): 683–692. doi:10.1017/s0016756800018914. ISSN 0016-7568. Bibcode: 1995GeoM..132..683B. 
  9. ↑ Zheng, Wenjie; Shibata, Masateru; Liao, Chun-Chi; Hattori, Soki; Jin, Dongchun; Jin, Changzhu; Xu, Xing (November 2021). "First definitive ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Jilin Province, northeastern China" (in en). Cretaceous Research 127. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104953. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667121002019. 
  10. ↑ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.
  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. ↑ 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
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 David W. E. Hone; Kebai Wang; Corwin Sullivan; Xijin Zhao; Shuqing Chen; Dunjin Li; Shuan Ji; Qiang Ji et al. (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. Bibcode: 2011CrRes..32..495H. 
  14. ↑ 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
  15. ↑ Jingangkou in the Paleobiology Database
  16. ↑ Young, 1954

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B., ed (2004). The Dinosauria, 2nd edition. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C. Retrieved 2019-02-21. 
  • 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
  • Young, C.-C (1954). "Fossil reptilian eggs from Laiyang, Shantung, China". Scientia Sinica 3: 505–522. 



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