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Lab number
S-3572
Field number
94-DCA-173
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
6.5 km southwest of Cape Hardy, 64.5 m asl, Jones Sound coast of Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
48 H/13
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
9420 ± 200
Normalized Age
9555 ± 200
δ13C (per mil)
-16.7
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
stream gravel exposed in a gully incised into a raised beach overlooking Jones 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
QkHl-VP: A periotic bone was collected from one side of a bowhead skull fragment resting on stream gravel and incased in peat. The stream has cut through a raised beach where several other bones of this whale are embedded. The beach ridge is at 64.5 m and the stream bed at 62.5 m altitude. This is the highest whale bone found in the Cape Hardy area. The marine limit in the area is at 114 m as recorded by a bouldery gravel outwash delta terrace at site 94-DCA-181.

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