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Lab number
GSC-1911
Field number
E.S.-1
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Cetacea cranial fragment (630 g)
Locality
on Frontenac Street, Sept-îles, St. Lawrence valley, Québec
Map sheet
22 J/01
Submitter
C.R. Harington
Date submitted
July 24, 0098
Normalized Age
1520 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-16.5
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
horizontally bedded coarse sand associated with a recurved spit that formed when sea level was 17-20 m above the present level
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Cetacea
Comments
EbDo-VP, Sept-îles: A whale skeleton was found during an excavation for housing. L.A. Dredge comments that the date is much younger than expected if the whale was beached and buried during a stand of the sea at the 17-20 m terrace level; therefore, the whole skeleton must have been hauled up to that level from a much lower beach. Given its size (>6 m long and 2.5-3 m wide) it probably was transported by man rather than by wild animals.

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