Waita Formation

Geology

Group: Ashiya

Members: unnamed (36)

Lithologies: not reported (2), mudstone (11), sandstone (28)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (3), deep subtidal shelf (1), shoreface (1), transition zone/lower shoreface (25), offshore (6)

Age range: base of the Arowhanan to the top of the Chattian or 95.20000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arowhanan95.2 - 93.7New Zealand (37060)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9New Zealand (Nelson) (221962)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan (70764 70765 70766 70767 70768 70769 70770 70771 70772 70773 70774 70775 70776 70777 70778 70779 70780 70781 70782 70783 70784 70809 70810 70811 70812 70813 70892 70893 70894 70895 70896 70897)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Japan (51103)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Japan (Fukuoka) (45832 45833 202371)