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Lab number
S-3601
Field number
94-DCA-302
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus otic capsule (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
8.1 km south-southeast of Lovell Point, 57 m asl, Wellington Channel coast of Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
58 F/16
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
8620 ± 170
Normalized Age
8740 ± 170
δ13C (per mil)
-17.4
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
beach gravel on a raised beach overlooking Wellington Channel
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
Moved to the 8 ka sheet in MAH, as the 2-sigma limit extends to <8500 BP. It appears under ice on the 9 ka sheet.
Comments
QfJm-VP: An otic capsule and the periotic bones were collected from both sides of a bowhead skull 99% buried upside down in medium beach gravel. A mandible lies nearby.

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