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Lab number
S-3349
Field number
90-DCA-445
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
19 km west of Berlinguet River, 6 km northeast of head of inlet, Brodeur Peninsula, 20.5 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/03
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
4090 ± 80
Normalized Age
4240 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-15.6
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
sandy gravel on a raised beach overlooking Berlinguet Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OgHu-VP: Both periotic bones were collected from a bowhead skull embedded in sandy beach gravel. The skull is 220 cm wide. The skull is large and very light, and the periotic bones have atypical protrusions. The skull may belong to another whale species.

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