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Canada / AB / DiPm-? (Castle River) / GSC-490
- Lab number
- GSC-490
- Material dated
- bison bone collagen; collagène osseux de bison
- Taxa dated
- Bison sp. tooth dentin
- Locality
- about 10 km west of Pincher Creek, 1158 m asl, on the south bank of Castle River, a tributary to Oldman River, Alberta
- Map sheet
- 82 G/08
- Submitter
- A.M. Stalker
- Date submitted
- May 26, 0098
- Measured Age
- 6100 ± 180
- Normalized Age
- 6180 ± 180
- δ13C (per mil)
- -20.0
- Significance
- palaeobiology; paléobiologie
- Context
- gravel and coarse sand about 10 m above the river, beneath about 20 m of outwash, alluvial sand and aeolian sand
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Bison sp
- Additional information
- Carbonate fraction: 2130 +/- 130 BP
- Comments
- DiPm-VP, Castle River: A bison skull and other bones were found in outwash that appeared to represent early retreat of the last major Cordilleran glacier from its maximum advance position. Dates on the organic fractions show good agreement, whereas the carbonate fractions are unreliable.