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Lab number
CAMS-38025
Field number
86-DCA-557
Material dated
walrus bone collagen; collagène osseux de morse
Taxa dated
Odobenus rosmarus tusk (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
northwest coast of Prescott Island, Peel Sound, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 D/02
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
October 19, 0098
Normalized Age
7980 ± 40
δ13C (per mil)
-18.5
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel surface of a raised beach, 6.5 m asl, overlooking Peel Sound
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Odobenus rosmarus
Additional information
AMS date.
Comments
PgLd-VP: The age indicates that the tusk came to rest on the sea floor in a considerable depth of water. This is the only walrus fossil collected from Prince of Wales Island.

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