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Lab number
S-2915
Field number
86-DCA-562
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
14 m asl, 1 km inland of northeast coast of Prescott Island, Peel Sound, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 D/01
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
4635 ± 80
Normalized Age
4795 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
sand (weathered rock) on a raised beach overlooking Peel Sound, 14 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PgLc-VP: The skull base of a juvenile bowhead was 90% embedded in sand. The skull is 100 cm wide. Both complete ear bone assemblages were collected (both otic capsules and both periotics).

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