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Lab number
GSC-979-2
Field number
BS-186-67
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus? rib (2365 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
September 21, 0098
Normalized Age
5420 ± 70
δ13C (per mil)
-16.0
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel beach, 23 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus?
Additional information
Collagen was extracted and given a 1-hour leach with 0.1N NaOH; 13.5 g of collagen was burned; del C-13 was estimated.
Comments
RcHw-VP-5, Cape Storm: A whale rib was associated with a cranium probably referable to Balaena mysticetus. The rib was dated on both collagen and apatite.

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