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Lab number
TO-315
Field number
85-DCA-117B
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus rib (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
17 km south of the head of Young Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 A/07
Submitter
T.F. Morris
Date submitted
September 9, 0098
Normalized Age
5920 ± 60
Significance
palaeobiology, anomalous, young; paléobiologie
Context
till, 104.5 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
The lab reported an age of 5510 +/- 60, corrected to C-13 = 0 parts per mil. The normalized age was calculated by adding 410 years to the mean.
Comments
PcLd-VP: The minimum age for this level should be 9.3 ka BP based its on elevation.

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