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Lab number
S-3173
Field number
89-DCA-222
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
6.1 km south of the mouth of Kuuruluk River, east coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 13 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 B/06
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
3820 ± 100
Normalized Age
3980 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravelly sand on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PcHs-VP: Otic capsules and periotic bones were collected in situ from a bowhead cranium 99% buried in gravelly beach sand.

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