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Lab number
S-3509
Field number
92-DCA-B04
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
28 km north-northeast of Fort Ross, 11 m asl, Prince Regent Inlet, Somerset Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 B/02
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
3210 ± 140
Normalized Age
3355 ± 140
δ13C (per mil)
-15.8
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
fine sandy gravel and peat on a raised beach overlooking Prince Regent Inlet
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PbJr-VP: Left and right periotic bones were collected from a bowhead whale skull embedded, ventral side up, in a raised beach, capped by peat. The skull is 173 cm wide.

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