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Lab number
S-2666
Field number
84-DCA-509
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus (id. by D.E.C. Green)
Locality
south of Addington Point, 61.3 m asl, Barrow Strait, northeastern Russell Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
68 E/03
Submitter
D.E.C. Green
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
1565 ± 125
Normalized Age
1725 ± 125
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
QaLg-VP: According to A.S. Dyke, S-2666 is anomalously young for this elevation; the age should be >8.6 ka BP.

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