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Canada / SK / FbNp-? (Sutherland) / S-482
- Lab number
- S-482
- Material dated
- mammoth bone collagen; collagène osseux de mammouth
- Taxa dated
- Mammuthus sp. tusk
- Locality
- sewage plant construction site now within the north limits of the city of Saskatoon, South Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan
- Map sheet
- 73 B/02
- Submitter
- Z.S. Pohorecky
- Date submitted
- May 20, 0098
- Measured Age
- 12000 ± 320
- Normalized Age
- 12080 ± 320
- δ13C (per mil)
- -20.0
- Significance
- palaeobiology, anomalous, young; paléobiologie, anormal, jeune
- Context
- Units 1 and 4, sand within tills of the Floral Formation, overlain by the late Wisconsinan Battleford Formation
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Mammuthus sp
- Additional information
- The date is anomalous in relation to glacial chronology.
- Comments
- FbNp-VP, Saskatoon: Christiansen's observations of the stratigraphy of this site indicate that the fossiliferous sand belongs to the Floral Formation dated at a nearby test hole to >34,000 BP (S-426; S-VII). The inconsistent dates on mammoth bones and tusk fragments may reflect contamination by preservatives employed in the field.