Wangshi Group

Wangshi Group
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
Anomalipes^[2]	A. zhaoi			"Partial left hindlimb"	a caenagnathid oviraptorosaur
Chingkankousaurus^[3]	C. fragilis^[3]				Nomen dubium	Sinoceratops Tsintaosaurus
Ischioceratops^[4]	I. zhuchengensis
Laiyangosaurus^[5]	L. youngi		Jingangkou Formation		A Saurolophinae Hadrosaur
Micropachycephalosaurus^[3]	M. hongtuyanensis^[3]			"Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments."^[6]
Pinacosaurus^[7]	P. grangeri^[7]
Shantungosaurus^[3]	S. giganteus^[3]		Xingezhuang Formation
Sinoceratops	S. zhuchengensis		Xingezhuang Formation
Tanius^[3]	T. chingkankouensis^[3]		Jingangkou Formation
	T. laiyangensis^[3]		Jingangkou Formation		Nomen dubium
	T. sinensis^[3]		Jingangkou Formation
Tsintaosaurus^[3]	T. spinorhinus^[3]		Jingangkou Formation	"Isolated skull and postcranial elements from at least [five] individuals."^[8]
Tyrannosaurus	"T." zhuchangensis^[9]				Nomen dubium
Zhuchengtyrannus^[10]	Z. magnus^[10]		Xingezhuang Formation
Zhuchengceratops	Z. inexpectus		Xingezhuang Formation
Zhuchengtitan^[11]	Z. zangjiazhuangensis		Xingezhuang Formation	"a single humerus"	A Titanosaur closely related to Opisthocoelicaudia

Other Animals

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.

Other animals reported from the Wangshi Group
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Shandongemys^[12]	S. dongwuica				A lindholmemydid Turtle

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.
^ 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
^ ^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.
^ 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".
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.
^ 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, large tyrannosaurine theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of China". Cretaceous Research. 32 (4): 495–503. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.005.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ 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.
^ 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

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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[cretaceousdistribution-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] 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

[wangshi-3] ^ ^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.

[4] 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".

[5] 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.

[table-21-1-466-6] "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.

[pinaco-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.

[table-20-1-442-8] "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.

[tyran-9] Listed as Tyrannosaurus in Hu, Cheng, Pang and Fang (2001). but likely a different genus.

[Zhuchengtyrannus-10] 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[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] 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

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