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Lab number
GSC-1227
Field number
BS-22-67
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus posterior cranial fragment (500 g, id. by C.R. Harington)
Locality
8 km north-northeast of Cape Storm, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
49 B/05
Submitter
W. Blake, Jr
Date submitted
July 17, 0098
Normalized Age
1610 ± 50
δ13C (per mil)
-13.8
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel surface of a raised beach, 3 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
Recovery of collagen included a 1-hour leach in 0.1N NaOH; 19.0 g was burned.
Comments
RcHw-VP-4, Cape Storm: A posterior cranial fragment of a whale was found resting on the surface of a raised beach. Both collagen and apatite were dated.

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