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Lab number
S-3515
Field number
92-DCA-B33
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
13 km north-northeast of Fort Ross, 25 m asl, Prince Regent Inlet, Somerset Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 B/03
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
5180 ± 200
Normalized Age
5310 ± 200
δ13C (per mil)
-17.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel and peat on a raised beach overlooking Prince Regent Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PaJs-VP: A left otic capsule was collected from a bowhead whale skull embedded, dorsal side up, in a raised beach. The skull width was not measured.

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