Musgravetown Group

The Musgravetown Group is a terminal Ediacaran stratigraphic group of terrestrialish sandstones, lavas and tuffs^[4] cropping out in Newfoundland.

TypeGroup

Sub-units

• Crown Hill Formation

Rocky Harbour Formation (in Random Island map area[1])

Trinny Cove Formation (elsewhere?)[2]

(Heart's Desire Fm) [2] Heart's Content Fm (on Cape St Mary's Peninsula[3])

• Maturin Ponds Fm
• Big Head Fm
• Bull Arm Formation^[4][5]

UnderliesBonavista Group (unconformably)

OverliesConnecting Point Group

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Musgravetown Group
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Group
Sub-units	Crown Hill Formation Rocky Harbour Formation (in Random Island map area[1]) Trinny Cove Formation (elsewhere?)[2] (Heart's Desire Fm) [2] Heart's Content Fm (on Cape St Mary's Peninsula[3]) Maturin Ponds Fm Big Head Fm Bull Arm Formation[4][5]
Underlies	Bonavista Group (unconformably)
Overlies	Connecting Point Group
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada
Occurrence of the Musgravetown Group in southeastern Newfoundland

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It corresponds temporally to the Signal Hill Group further east.