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Lab number
GSC-3600
Field number
81BS173
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena sp. rib (717.3 g, id. by C.R. Harington)
Locality
north side of Baird Inlet, 11.4 km west-southwest from Wade Point, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Map sheet
39 E/12
Submitter
W. Blake, Jr
Date submitted
July 17, 0098
Normalized Age
6500 ± 260
δ13C (per mil)
-20.3
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
a small terrace in a stream channel cutting through beaches, 80 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena
Comments
SdFk-VP: The age is younger than expected in view of the elevation. Perhaps a polar bear transported the rib upslope.

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