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Badayi Formation
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Badayi Fm base reconstruction

Badayi Fm


Period: 
Ediacaran

Age Interval: 
Ediacaran, Sa1


Province: 
Saudi Arabia

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Saudi Arabia Outcrop; Middle formation in J'Balah Gr

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Volcanics


Lithology Pattern: 
Volcanics


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Rubtayn Fm

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Muraykhah Fm

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Ediacaran

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Ediacaran

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.35

    Beginning date (Ma): 
601.33

    Ending stage: 
Ediacaran

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.4

    Ending date (Ma):  
596.52

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

From Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4