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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 (stratigraphy)|Group]]
| period         = Ediacaran
| age            = {{Geological range|Ediacaran}}
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| region         = {{Flag|Newfoundland}}
| country        = {{Flag|Canada}}
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| subunits       = Not subdivided{{Avalon map ref}}
| underlies      = [[Musgravetown Group]]
| overlies       = [[Love Cove Group]]
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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]]