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Lab number
S-3063
Field number
88-DCA-049
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
south side of Fitzgerald Bay, 2.5 km inland, west coast of Brodeur Peninsula, 64.6 m asl, Prince Regent Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 A/02
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
7790 ± 100
Normalized Age
7950 ± 100
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Prince Regent Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PaJf-VP: Periotic bone was collected in situ from one side of a bowhead cranium 99% buried in beach gravel, and earbone fragments were taken from the surface of the gravel. A 420 cm long mandible fragment also collected. Other bones at this site include ribs and vertebrae scattered over 100 metres or so.

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