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Lab number
S-2670
Field number
84-DCA-525
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus skull (id. by D.E.C. Green)
Locality
10 km southwest of Cape Walker, 16.1 m asl, Barrow Strait, south-eastern Russell Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 D/15
Submitter
D.E.C. Green
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
2590 ± 140
Normalized Age
2750 ± 140
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology, anomalous, young; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Barrow Strait
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
PlLf-VP: According to A.S. Dyke, S-2670 is anomalously young for this elevation; the age should be >4.0 ka BP. Excess sample returned to Dyke by the laboratory contains some humic and rootlet material.

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