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Lab number
S-3145
Field number
89-DCA-068
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
9 km northwest of the mouth of Tikiraq River, east coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 40.5 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
47 G/14
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
6420 ± 90
Normalized Age
6580 ± 90
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
peat on gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
OkHs-VP: Periotic bones were collected in situ from both sides of a bowhead whale cranium 80% covered in peat resting on beach gravel. The cranium is at least 160 cm wide. This is the second highest sample of bowhead recovered from Tikiraq River camp area.

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