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Lab number
S-3019
Field number
88-DCA-024
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
9.5 km south-southwest of the mouth of McBean Bay, 14-14.3 m asl, west coast of Brodeur Peninsula, Prince Regent Inlet, northwest Baffin Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 A/10
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
4810 ± 95
Normalized Age
4955 ± 95
δ13C (per mil)
-15.9
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Prince Regent Inlet, 14 to 14.3 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PdJf-VP: Periotic bone was collected in situ from a bowhead cranium 99% buried in beach gravel. Vertebrae, ribs, and other bones were scattered along the beach.

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