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Lab number
S-3342
Field number
90-DCA-162
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
3.3 km north of Eqalulik River, Borden Peninsula, 10-1.5 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 B/10
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
3760 ± 40
Normalized Age
3920 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-15.1
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PeHr-VP: Periotic bones were collected in situ from both sides of a bowhead skull 95% buried in very coarse beach gravel. The skull is upright and is 140 cm wide.

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