Wangshi Group

Wangshi Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Asia

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
Sinoceratops
Tsintaosaurus

Micropachycephalosaurus[2]

M. hongtuyanensis[2]

"Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments."[3]

Pinacosaurus[4]

P. grangeri[4]

Shantungosaurus[2]

S. giganteus[2]

Sinoceratops

S. zhuchengensis

Szechuanosaurus[5]

S. campi[5]

Tanius[2]

T. chingkankouensis[2]

T. laiyangensis[2]

T. sinensis[2]

Tarbosaurus[6]

T. bataar[6]

Remains sometimes attributed to T. bataar were originally named Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis may or may not belong to Tarbosaurus.

Tsintaosaurus[2]

T. spinorhinus[2]

"Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals."[7]

Tyrannosaurus[8]

"T." zhuchangensis[8]

Probably a new genus, or species of Tarbosaurus

Zhuchengtyrannus[9]

Z. magnus[9]

Zhuchengceratops

Z. inexpectus

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  3. ↑ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Listed as "Pinacosaurus cf. grangeri" in "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Listed as "cf. Szechuanosaurus campi" in "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Listed as "?Tarbosaurus baatar" in "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  7. ↑ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Listed as Tyrannosaurus in Hu, Cheng, Pang and Fang (2001). but likely a different genus.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 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.

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