Qingshan Group | |
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Stratigraphic range:
Barremian-
Albian ~ | |
Type | Geological group |
Sub-units | Doushan Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Claystone, mudstone, sandstone |
Other | Tuff |
Location | |
Coordinates | 37°00′N 120°42′E / 37.0°N 120.7°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 41°24′N 119°30′E / 41.4°N 119.5°E |
Region | Shandong |
Country | China |
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]
The following fossils were reported from the Doushan Formation:
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. .