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Lab number
S-3338
Field number
90-DCA-149
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, 17,5 m asl, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/15
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
3860 ± 50
Normalized Age
4025 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
-14.7
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
sand and gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OkHq-VP: An otic capsule and periotic bones were collected in situ from both sides of a bowhead skull 99% buried in beach sand. The skull is upright and 144 cm wide. It is an exceptionally nice specimen, because the maxillary bones are still fused to the cranium.

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