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Hudayb Formation
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Hudayb Fm base reconstruction

Hudayb Fm


Period: 
Permian

Age Interval: 
Wuchiapingian – Changhsingian, J1


Province: 
Jordan

Type Locality and Naming

Column: NE Jordan

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Sandstone.


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

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

Upper contact

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

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Wuchiapingian – Changhsingian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Wuchiapingian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
259.55

    Ending stage: 
Changhsingian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
251.90

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 124, Fig. 11-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of formation of Megasequence AP8."