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- Lab number
- GSC-1021-3
- Field number
- BS-185-67
- Material dated
- whale bone apatite; apatite 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
- 4450 ± 70
- δ13C (per mil)
- -11.9
- Significance
- palaeobiology; paléobiologie
- Context
- gravel beach, 16.5 m asl
- Associated taxa
- Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
- Additional information
- Treated with acetic acid to obtain apatite, then treated with H3PO4 to obtain CO2; mixed with dead gas for counting.
- 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.