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Lab number
S-1389
Field number
77-DCA-B10
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus skull (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
5.5 km southwest of Cape Anne, 18 m asl, Barrow Strait, Somerset Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 F/03
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
4270 ± 65
Normalized Age
4430 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-15.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel and sand, 50% buried on a raised beach overlooking Barrow Strait, 18 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
QaJu-VP: Nearly a whole skeleton was scattered along 200 metres of a raised strandline.

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