[1] The formation is composed mostly of thinly bedded sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone which is reddish-orange to reddish-brown in color.

[2] The formation is interpreted as having been deposited in a marginal marine or coastal sabkha environment.

Condon and H.C. Huffman, Jr., as the Beclabito Member of the Wanakah Formation.

[1] Steven M. Cather concurred with reassigning the beds from the Summerville to the Beclabito, which he also proposed raising to formation rank.

Cather pointed out that the Curtis appears to be younger than the Todilto, calling into question the correlation between the overlying Summerville and Beclabito beds, and that there are significant lithological differences between the Summerville and the Beclabito.