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Lab number
S-3580
Field number
94-DCA-203
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
3.9 km northwest of Cape Home, Croker Bay, 32.5 m asl, Lancaster Sound coast of Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 E/12
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
9540 ± 200
Normalized Age
9680 ± 200
δ13C (per mil)
-16.1
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel on a raised beach overlooking Lancaster Sound
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
QdHk-VP: A large otic capsule fragment and the periotic bones were collected from both sides of a fragmented bowhead skull 50% buried in medium beach gravel and capped by peat. The skull is too fractured to measure, but the size of the periotic bones indicates a small animal. Other bones of the same animal occur on another beach ridge 1 m higher.

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