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Lab number
S-3319
Field number
90-DCA-107
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
Sunday Bay, Admiralty Inlet, Borden Peninsula, 9.5 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/15
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
2850 ± 60
Normalized Age
3005 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-15.4
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OkHq-VP: Periotic bone was collected in situ from one side of a bowhead skull 60% buried in beach gravel and capped with peat. The skull is upside down and has a width of 224 cm.

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