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Lab number
S-3142
Field number
89-DCA-065
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
5.1 km northwest of the mouth of Tikiraq River, east coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 18 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/14
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
3740 ± 80
Normalized Age
3900 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OkHs-VP: Otic capsules and periotic bones were collected in situ from a bowhead cranium 95% buried in beach gravel capped by thin peat; the cranium is 200 centimetres wide.

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