Qingshan Group
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 ~129–101 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological group |
| Sub-units | Doushan Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone, mudstone, sandstone |
| Other | Tuff |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 37.0°N 120.7°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 41.4°N 119.5°E |
| Region | Shandong |
| Country |  China |
  Qingshan Group (China)  Qingshan Group (Shandong) | |
Fossil content
The 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
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- Qingshan Group in the Paleobiology Database
- Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.563-570
- Gao & Cheng, 1999
- Young, 1958
- 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
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- Gao, K., and Z. Cheng. 1999. A new lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Shandong, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19. 456–465.
- 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.
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