Kapp Starostin Formation

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Kapp Starostin Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous
Type Formation
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CountryFlag of Norway.svg  Norway

The Kapp Starostin Formation is a geologic formation in Norway. The layers span around 27 million years of the Permian period; [1] and it preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

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Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period 358.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, 298.9 Mya. The name Carboniferous means "coal-bearing" and derives from the Latin words carbō ("coal") and ferō, and was coined by geologists William Conybeare and William Phillips in 1822.

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