The Qingshan Group (simplified Chinese: 青山组; traditional Chinese: 青山組; pinyin: Qīngshān Zǔ) is a geological group in Shandong, China, whose strata date back to the Barremian to Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. The group contains the Doushan Formation.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
| Qingshan Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Albian ~ | |
| Type | Geological group |
| Sub-units | Doushan Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone, mudstone, sandstone |
| Other | Tuff |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 37°00′N 120°42′E / 37.0°N 120.7°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 41°24′N 119°30′E / 41.4°N 119.5°E |
| Region | Shandong |
| Country | China |
  Qingshan Group (China)  Qingshan Group (Shandong) | |
Fossil content
editThe following fossils were reported from the Doushan Formation:
- Pachygenys thlastesa[3]
- Psittacosaurus sinensis[2][4] - "More than [twenty] individuals,[five] complete skulls, [three] articulated skeletons."[5]
- P. youngi[2] "Partial skeleton with skull."[5]
- Possible indeterminate dsungaripterid pterosaur remains[4][6]
- Indeterminate titanosaur remains[2][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Qingshan Group in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b c d Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.563-570
- ^ Gao & Cheng, 1999
- ^ a b Young, 1958
- ^ a b Table 22.1 in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.479
- ^ "Zitteliana" (PDF). epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de. 2008. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
- ^ T'an, 1923
Bibliography
edit- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
- Gao, K.; Cheng, Z. (1999), "A new lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Shandong, China", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 19 (3): 456–465, Bibcode:1999JVPal..19..456K, doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011158
- Young, C.-C (1958), "The dinosaurian remains of Laiyang, Shantung", Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, 42: 1–138
- T'an, H.C (1923), "New research on the Mesozoic and early Tertiary geology in Shantung", Geological Survey of China Bulletin, 5: 95–135