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Lab number
S-2591
Field number
84-DCA-747
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus skull (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
2 km south of salt water lake, south side of Reliance Bay, 54 m asl, M'Clintock Channel, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 C/09
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
10530 ± 145
Normalized Age
10690 ± 145
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
soliflucted till on a steep slope 2 metres below a gravel delta terrace at 56 metres, overlooking M'Clintock Channel, 54 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PkLm-VP: The sample consists of a clean, dense bone removed from the joint surface around the spinal opening of a bowhead skull base. The bone may have moved downslope from the 56 m delta terrace. Two large skull fragments occur here, each about 1 metre wide, each 50% buried.

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