Wangshi Group
| Wangshi Group | |
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| 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
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
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C. fragilis[2] |
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M. hongtuyanensis[2] |
"Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments."[3] |
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P. grangeri[4] |
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S. giganteus[2] |
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S. zhuchengensis |
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S. campi[5] |
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T. chingkankouensis[2] |
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T. laiyangensis[2] |
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T. sinensis[2] |
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T. bataar[6] |
Remains sometimes attributed to T. bataar were originally named Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis may or may not belong to Tarbosaurus. | |||||
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T. spinorhinus[2] |
"Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals."[7] |
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"T." zhuchangensis[8] |
Probably a new genus, or species of Tarbosaurus | |||||
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"Z." magnus[9] |
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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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
- ^ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
- ^ a b Listed as "Pinacosaurus cf. grangeri" in "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
- ^ a b Listed as "cf. Szechuanosaurus campi" in "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
- ^ a b Listed as "?Tarbosaurus baatar" 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.
- ^ a b Listed as Tyrannosaurus in Hu, Cheng, Pang and Fang (2001). but likely a different genus.
- ^ a b David W.E. Hone, Kebai Wang, Corwin Sullivan, Xijin Zhao, Shuqing Chen, Dunjin Li, Shuan Ji, Qiang Ji and Xing Xu (2011). "A new tyrannosaurine theropod, Zhuchengtyrannus magnus is named based on a maxilla and dentary". Cretaceous Research. in press. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.005.
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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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