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
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TypeGeological group
Sub-unitsDoushan Formation
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone, mudstone, sandstone
OtherTuff
Location
Coordinates37.0°N 120.7°E / 37.0; 120.7
Approximate paleocoordinates41.4°N 119.5°E / 41.4; 119.5
RegionShandong
CountryChina
Qingshan Group is located in China
Qingshan Group
Qingshan Group (China)
Qingshan Group is located in Shandong
Qingshan Group
Qingshan Group (Shandong)

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the Doushan Formation:

See also

References

  1. Qingshan Group in the Paleobiology Database
  2. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.563-570
  3. Gao & Cheng, 1999
  4. Young, 1958
  5. Table 22.1 in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.479
  6. "Zitteliana" (PDF). epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de. 2008. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  7. 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. Accessed 2019-02-21. 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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