Orby Head Formation

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| name = Orby Head Formation

| image = Centipede(?) Fossil in Rock, Orby Head, PEI (19395883745).jpg

| caption = Fossil in rock from Orby Head Formation

| type = Formation

| age = Artinskian
~{{fossil range|290.1|283.5}}

| period = Artinskian

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| region = Prince Edward Island

| country = Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|46.6|N|63.4|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|2.8|N|0.1|E|display=inline}}

| unitof = Pictou Group

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| width = 250

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| lat_deg = 46.6

| lon_deg = -63.4

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The Orby Head Formation is a geologic formation in Prince Edward Island. It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Pictou&formation=Orby%20Head&group_formation_member=Orby%20Head Orby Head Formation] at Fossilworks.org

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