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Lab number
S-3508
Field number
92-DCA-B02
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
29 km north-northeast of Fort Ross, 6 m asl, Prince Regent Inlet, Somerset Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 B/07
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
1980 ± 130
Normalized Age
2125 ± 130
δ13C (per mil)
-16.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Prince Regent Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PbJr-VP: A left periotic bone was collected from a bowhead whale skull embedded, ventral side up, in a raised beach. The skull is 131 cm wide.

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