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The Huk Formation is a
geologic formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It preserves
fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the Ordovician period.


See also

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Norway See also * Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe ** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Denmark ** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland See also *Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in ...


References

* Geologic formations of Norway Ordovician System of Europe Ordovician Norway Paleontology in Norway Ordovician southern paleotemperate deposits {{Ordovician-stub