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Lab number
S-3051
Field number
88-DCA-168
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
9.2 km west of Stanley Point, north coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 30 m asl, Lancaster Sound, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 C/15
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
8740 ± 100
Normalized Age
8900 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on raised beach overlooking Lancaster Sound, 30 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PkHq-VP: Periotic bones were collected in situ from both sides of a bowhead cranium 40% buried in beach gravel.

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