Qingshan Group

Qingshan Group Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Albian ~129–101 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological group
Sub-units
Lithology
Primary	Claystone, mudstone, sandstone
Other	Tuff
Location
Coordinates	37°00′N 120°42′E / 37.0°N 120.7°E / 37.0; 120.7Coordinates: 37°00′N 120°42′E / 37.0°N 120.7°E / 37.0; 120.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	41°24′N 119°30′E / 41.4°N 119.5°E / 41.4; 119.5
Region	Shandong
Country	China
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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 .^[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[2]

Fossil content[]

The following fossils were reported from the :

• 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[]

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. , New Series C 42. 1–138.
• T'an, H.C. 1923. New research on the Mesozoic and early Tertiary geology in Shantung. 5. 95–135.