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Lab number
GSC-1021
Field number
BS-185-67
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus rib (1100 g, id. by C.R. Harington)
Locality
7.5 km north of Cape Storm, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
49 B/05
Submitter
W. Blake, Jr
Date submitted
July 17, 0098
Normalized Age
4490 ± 60
δ13C (per mil)
-16.3
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel beach, 16.5 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
Sample was given a 24-hour leach with 0.1N NaOH; 16.6 g of collagen was burned.
Comments
RcHw-VP-5, Cape Storm: A whale rib was associated with mandibles identifiable as Balaena mysticetus. The rib was dated on both collagen and apatite.

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