Wangshi Group

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Wangshi Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
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

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 reported from the Wangshi Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Chingkankousaurus[2]

C. fragilis[2]

Nomen dubium
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Sinoceratops
Tsintaosaurus

Ischioceratops[3]

I. zhuchengensis

Micropachycephalosaurus[2]

M. hongtuyanensis[2]

"Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments."[4]

Pinacosaurus[5]

P. grangeri[5]

Shantungosaurus[2]

S. giganteus[2]

Xingezhuang Formation

Sinoceratops

S. zhuchengensis

Xingezhuang Formation

Tanius[2]

T. chingkankouensis[2]

Jingangkou Formation

T. laiyangensis[2]

Jingangkou Formation

T. sinensis[2]

Jingangkou Formation

Tsintaosaurus[2]

T. spinorhinus[2]

Jingangkou Formation

"Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals."[6]

Tyrannosaurus

"T." zhuchangensis[7]

Nomen dubium

Zhuchengtyrannus[8]

Z. magnus[8]

Xingezhuang Formation

Zhuchengceratops

Z. inexpectus

Xingezhuang Formation

See also

Footnotes

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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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  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. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  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. ↑ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Listed as "Pinacosaurus cf. grangeri" in "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  6. ↑ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.
  7. ↑ Listed as Tyrannosaurus in Hu, Cheng, Pang and Fang (2001). but likely a different genus.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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