The Wangshi Group () is a geological Group in Shandong, China whose strata date back to the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, approximately . Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the group.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600
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Dinosaurs
Ornithischians Ornithischians of the Wangshi GroupGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage IschioceratopsYiming 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". I. zhuchengensis Shandong Province, China Campanian A leptoceratopsid ceratopsid LaiyangosaurusZhang, 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. L. youngi Shandong Province, China Campanian A edmontosaurin saurolophine Micropachycephalosaurus"Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466. M. hongtuyanensis Shandong Province, China Campanian "Partial mandible, associated postcranial fragments". A marginocephalian ornithischian PinacosaurusListed as "Pinacosaurus cf. grangeri" in "48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598. P. cf. grangeri 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." A ankylosaurine ankylosaurid; remains collected in 1923 by H. C. T'an and Otto Zdansky and mentioned by Buffetaut (1995) Shantungosaurus S. giganteus Shandong Province, China Campanian A giant edmontosauirin saurolophine Sinankylosaurus 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 T. chingkankouensis Campanian A hadrosauromorph hadrosauroid T. laiyangensis Shandong Province, China Campanian Nomen dubium T. sinensis Shandong Province, China Campanian A hadrosauromorph hadrosauroid Tsintaosaurus"Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442. 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 Sauropods of the Wangshi GroupGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage ZhuchengtitanMo, 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. Z. zangjiazhuangensis Shandong Province, China Campania "A single humerus". A saltasaurid titanosaur
Theropods Theropods of the Wangshi GroupGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage AnomalipesYilun 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. zhaoi Shandong Province, China Campanian "Partial left hindlimb". A caenagnathid oviraptorosaur Chingkankousaurus"48.9 Shandong, People's Republic of China; 1. Wangshi Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598. C. fragilis Shandong Province, China Campanian Nomen dubium Zhuchengtyrannus Z. magnus Shandong Province, China Campanian A tyrannosaurin tyrannosaurine
Turtles Turtles of the Wangshi GroupGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage ShandongemysL. 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 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.Jingangkou in the Paleobiology DatabaseYoung, 1954 Saurischia Elongatoolithidae Elongatoolithus elongatus Neornithischia Ovaloolithidae Ovaloolithus chinkangkouensis Ovaloolithus laminadermus
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
Bibliography
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)