CARD fuzzes location data for public visitors to the database. Accessing CARD's full capabilities requires an account available only to researchers at accredited institutions.
Lab number
S-3175
Field number
89-DCA-235
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
16 km southwest of Cape Crawford, east coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 6 m asl, Admiralty Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 C/10
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
7180 ± 120
Normalized Age
7340 ± 120
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Admiralty Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PjHp-VP: A periotic bone was collected in situ from a small fragment of a bowhead cranium 99% buried in beach gravel. This is the only sample of bowhead recovered from this camp area.

References