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Lab number
S-2912
Field number
86-DCA-524
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
11.5 km east of the head of Smith Bay, 70 m asl, M'Clintock Channel, northwestern Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 D/04
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
9440 ± 135
Normalized Age
9600 ± 135
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel and peat on a raised beach overlooking M'Clintock Channel, 70 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
Moved to the 9 ka sheet in MAH, as the 2-sigma limit extends to <9500 BP. It appears under ice on the 10 ka sheet.
Comments
PhLk-VP: A massive bowhead skull base (200 cm wide), maxillary bones, and a single vertebra were embedded in beach gravel and peat, anchored in permafrost. The vertebra and periotic bone collected.

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