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Lab number
TO-5010
Field number
89-DCA-045
Material dated
narwhal bone collagen; collagène osseux de narval
Taxa dated
Monodon monoceros tusk (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
3.8 km northwest of mouth of Tikiraq River, Brodeur Peninsula, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/14
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
September 9, 0098
Normalized Age
4500 ± 60
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
peat on raised beach gravel, 20 m asl, overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Monodon monoceros
Comments
OkHs-VP: One unerupted tusk was removed from the skull of a female narwhal. Two bowhead skulls were present at this site at the same elevation; one dated 3.9 ka and other 4.4 ka.

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