# Connecting Point Group

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{{Short description|Archaeological formation in Newfoundland, Canada}}
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| map = Connecting Point Group map.svg
| map_caption        = Occurrence of Connecting Point Group in southeastern Newfoundland
| type           = [Group](/source/Group_(stratigraphy))
| period         = Ediacaran
| age            = {{Geological range|Ediacaran}}
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| region         = [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland)
| country        = [Canada](/source/Canada)
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| subunits       = Not subdivided{{Avalon map ref}}
| underlies      = [Musgravetown Group](/source/Musgravetown_Group)
| overlies       = [Love Cove Group](/source/Love_Cove_Group)
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The '''Connecting Point Group''' is a [Late Neoproterozoic](/source/Late_Neoproterozoic) [geological formation](/source/geological_formation) cropping out on the [Avalon Peninsula](/source/Avalon_Peninsula) of [Newfoundland](/source/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](/source/Conception_Group) and the [St. John's Group](/source/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

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