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Lab number
S-3352
Field number
90-DCA-466
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
northeast Bernier Bay, 12 km west-northwest of head of bay, 9 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/04
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
2290 ± 70
Normalized Age
2455 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-14.8
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Bernier Bay
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OgHv-VP: A fragmented otic capsule and a periotic bone were collected from a bowhead skull 90% embedded in beach gravel, capped by peat. The skull is 180 cm wide.

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