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Lab number
S-3330
Field number
90-DCA-137
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
Sunday Bay, Admiralty Inlet, Borden Peninsula, 9 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/15
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
2580 ± 70
Normalized Age
2745 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-14.6
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
sand and peat on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OkHq-VP: Two fractured otic capsules and periotic bones were collected in situ from both sides of a broken up bowhead skull 90% buried in beach sand with a peat cap. The skull is upside down and >144 cm wide (about 164 cm wide allowing for weathering).

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