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Lab number
S-3259
Field number
89-DCA-477
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by J. Hooper and A.S. Dyke)
Locality
33 km southwest of Imek Point, 0.4 km inland, south side of Berlinguet Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/02
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
2800 ± 70
Normalized Age
2960 ± 75
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Berlinguet Inlet, 17 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OgHr-VP: An otic capsule and fragmented periotic bones were collected from beach gravel beside a large bowhead skull. There are several other bones in the vicinity. The raised beach here is bouldery.

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