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Lab number
S-3293
Field number
90-DCA-039
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
Jungersen Bay, Admiralty Inlet, Borden Peninsula, 4 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/08
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
1390 ± 70
Normalized Age
1540 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-15.7
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel and peat on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OiHn-VP: A fractured otic capsule and periotic bones were collected in situ from both sides of a bowhead skull 10 % buried in beach sand and encased in peat. The skull is 118 cm wide. Raised beaches here are well vegetated.

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