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Lab number
S-3126
Field number
89-DCA-136
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
1 km west of the mouth of Tiriganialaag River, east coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 39 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 B/03
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
6200 ± 110
Normalized Age
6360 ± 110
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PbHq-VP: An otic capsule from one side and periotic bones from both sides of a bowhead cranium were collected in situ, 50% buried in beach gravel; the cranium is 210 centimetres wide. This sample and 89-DCA-147 from 40 metres are the highest recovered from the Tiriganialaag River camp area.

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