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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

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. 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.