Qingshan Group

Qingshan Group
Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Albian ~
Type	Geological group
Sub-units	Doushan Formation
Lithology
Primary	Claystone, mudstone, sandstone
Other	Tuff
Location
Coordinates	37.0°N 120.7°E / 37.0; 120.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	41.4°N 119.5°E / 41.4; 119.5
Region	Shandong
Country	China
Qingshan Group (China) Qingshan Group (Shandong)

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. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the Doushan Formation:

• Pachygenys thlastesa
• Psittacosaurus sinensis - "More than [twenty] individuals,[five] complete skulls, [three] articulated skeletons."
• P. youngi "Partial skeleton with skull."
• Possible indeterminate dsungaripterid pterosaur remains
• Indeterminate titanosaur remains

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

Bibliography

• 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