Wata Formation

Geology

Members: unnamed (28), lower carbonate (1), middle clastic (4), upper carbonate (3)

Lithologies: not reported (44), claystone (2), mudstone (6), "shale" (6), siltstone (3), sandstone (10), conglomerate (7), marl (7), wackestone (1), grainstone (1), "limestone" (75), dolomite (1), "carbonate" (1), coal (2)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (12), terrestrial indet. (45), carbonate indet. (18), shallow subtidal indet. (35), open shallow subtidal (28), reef, buildup or bioherm (1), coastal indet. (1), fluvial indet. (6), "channel" (1), "floodplain" (2), fluvial-lacustrine indet. (1), fluvial-deltaic indet. (1)

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 407.60000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Ontario) (149524 149525)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) (40039 149526 149527)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) (149528 149529 149530 149531 149532 149533 149534 149535 149536 149537 149538 149539 149540)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arizona) (42029 42650 42652 42659 42660 42665 42666 42667 42668 42669 42670 42671 42672 42693 42694 42695 42697 42699 42700 42702 42704 42707 42708 42709 42710 42711 42712 42713 42714 42800 42802 42806)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Arizona) (42661 42715 42786 42796)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) (127215)
Middle Pennsylvanian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kansas) (127308)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt (138421)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) (3765)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (114897 114898 114899 140721)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (114900)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (114802 114823 114822 114824 138422 140590 140592 140593 140594 140595 140596 140624 141576 150674 150923)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (114800 114818 114819 114820 114901 114902 114903 140319 140320 140646 140647)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (114801 114821 114904)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) (78520)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (77785 150337)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Baluchistan) (79009)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Pakistan (Gujarat) (220175)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) (173507)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Pakistan (Baluchistan) (78362 179812 179936 180574 180575 180576 180577 180578 180581 180582 180587 180588 180590 180591)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Pakistan (Balochistan) (78423 78424)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Pakistan (Baluchistan) (179934 179935 180585)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) (173506 173511)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Pakistan (Baluchistan) (179933 180579 180580 180583)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan (Baluchistan) (180584 180586 180589 180592 180593 180594 180595 180596 180597 180598 180599 180600 180601 180602 180603 180604 180605 180606 180607 180608 180609)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya (22241 22243)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya (22236)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Ethiopia (195611)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (22237)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Yamagata) (102184)