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Lab number
S-3339
Field number
90-DCA-150
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, 6-6.5 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/15
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
2720 ± 40
Normalized Age
2880 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-15.1
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OkHq-VP: An otic capsule and periotic bone were collected in situ from a bowhead skull 90% buried in bouldery beach gravel. The skull is upside down and 170 cm wide.

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