{{Short description|Archaeological formation in Newfoundland, Canada}} {{Infobox rockunit | image = | caption = | map = Connecting Point Group map.svg | map_caption = Occurrence of Connecting Point Group in southeastern Newfoundland | type = Group | period = Ediacaran | age = {{Geological range|Ediacaran}} | prilithology = | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = | region = Newfoundland | country = Canada | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = Not subdivided{{Avalon map ref}} | underlies = Musgravetown Group | overlies = Love Cove Group | thickness = | extent = | area = }}
The '''Connecting Point Group''' is a Late Neoproterozoic geological formation cropping out on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, dominated by deep marine turbidite deposits.<ref name="auto">{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2|title=Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone|journal=Precambrian Research|volume=73|pages=123|year=1995|last1=Myrow|first1=P}}</ref><ref>Normore, L.S. (2012). Geology of the Random Island map area (NTS 2C/04), Newfoundland. Curr. Res. Newfoundl. Labrador Dep. Nat. Resour. Geol. Surv. Report 12-, 121–145.</ref>
Approximate age data from the middle of the group date it to ca. 610 Ma.<ref name="auto"/>
It corresponds to the Conception Group and the St. John's Group further east on the Avalon peninsula{{Avalon map ref}}
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Category:Neoproterozoic Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Geologic groups of Newfoundland and Labrador