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Lab number
S-3093
Field number
88-DCA-449
Material dated
walrus bone collagen; collagène osseux de morse
Taxa dated
Odobenus rosmarus tusk (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
3 km northeast of the head of Thibault Bay, Gulf of Boothia coast, 38 m asl, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
57 E/15
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
6200 ± 80
Normalized Age
6360 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel and sand on a raised beach overlooking the Gulf of Boothia
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Odobenus
Comments
OfJd-VP: A walrus cranium with one tusk was collected from the surface of a sandy raised beach; another tusk resting on the surface about 25 m away, is presumed to be from the same animal because it fits precisely into the cavity in the skull.

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