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Lab number
S-2668
Field number
84-DCA-517
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus skull (id. by D.E.C. Green)
Locality
4 km south of Cape Walker, 36.6 m asl, Barrow Strait, eastern Russell Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 E/02
Submitter
D.E.C. Green
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
5535 ± 475
Normalized Age
5695 ± 475
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
QaLf-VP: According to A.S. Dyke, S-2668 is anomalously young for this elevation; the age should be >6.6 ka BP.

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