Wangshi Group

Geological group in Shandong, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

TypeGroup

Unit ofJiaolai Basin

Sub-unitsLinjiazhuang, Jiangjunding, Xingezhuang, Hongtuya, Jingangkou & Shijiatun Formations

UnderliesJiaozhou Formation

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Wangshi Group
Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~77.3–73.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
An outcrop of the Wangshi Group at Kugou which is the type locality for Anomalipes zhaoi. Photographed in c. 2018.
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	36.9°N 120.7°E / 36.9; 120.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	37.3°N 111.0°E / 37.3; 111.0
Region	Shandong
Country	China
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

[1]
An, W.; Kuang, H.-W.; Liu, Y.-Q.; Peng, N.; Xu, K.-M.; Xu, H.; Zhang, P.; Wang, K.-B.; Chen, S.-Q.; Zhang, Y.-X. (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]
"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]
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]
Buffetaut, Eric (1995). "An ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong (China)". Geological Magazine. 132 (6): 683–692. Bibcode:1995GeoM..132..683B. doi:10.1017/s0016756800018914. ISSN 0016-7568.
[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". Cretaceous Research. 127 104953. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104953.
[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]
David W. E. Hone; Kebai Wang; Corwin Sullivan; Xijin Zhao; Shuqing Chen; Dunjin Li; Shuan Ji; Qiang Ji; Xing Xu (2011). "A new, large tyrannosaurine theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of China". Cretaceous Research. 32 (4): 495–503. Bibcode:2011CrRes..32..495H. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.005.
[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.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria, 2nd edition. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
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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