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Wangshi Group
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The Wangshi Group (Chinese: 王氏群; pinyin: Wángshì Qún) is a geological Group in Shandong, China whose strata date back to the Coniacian to Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the group.[2]
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Wangshi Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Coniacian-Campanian ~85–75 Ma | |
![]() An outcrop of the Wangshi Group at Kugou which is the type locality for Anomalipes zhaoi. Photographed in c. 2018. | |
Type | Group |
Unit of | Jiaolai Basin |
Sub-units | Linjiazhuang, Jiangjunding, Xingezhuang, Hongtuya, Jingangkou & Shijiatun Formations |
Underlies | Jiaozhou Formation |
Overlies | Qingshan Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Other | Marl |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36.9°N 120.7°E / 36.9; 120.7 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 37.3°N 111.0°E / 37.3; 111.0 |
Region | Shandong |
Country | ![]() |
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