Type: | Formation |
Region: | Newfoundland |
Country: | Canada |
Unitof: | Adeyton Group[1] |
Underlies: | Brigus Formation (conformably) |
Overlies: | Bonavista Fm (conformably) |
Thickness: | 7 m (at type locality)[2] |
The Smith Point Formation is an Early Cambrian (c. Tommotian), fossil-rich, pink to brick red limestone formation cropping out in Newfoundland.
Its fossil assemblage includes trilobites, hyoliths, and microbialites (stromatolites/ oncolites).