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Lab number
S-3537
Field number
93-DCA-200
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus periotic (id. by A.S. Dyke)
Locality
9 km northwest of Bere Bay, 10.5 m asl, Belcher Channel coast of Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
59 B/14
Submitter
A.S. Dyke
Date submitted
August 21, 0098
Measured Age
2580 ± 200
Normalized Age
2725 ± 200
δ13C (per mil)
-16.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravelly beach sand on a raised beach overlooking Belcher Channel
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Comments
RfJt-VP: Periotic bones were collected from both sides of a bowhead skull 50% buried upright in gravelly beach sand. The age compares well with that of driftwood (GSC-5805; 2090 +/- 60 BP) collected from a nearby raised beach at 8 m altitude.

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