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Lab number
GSC-1498-3
Field number
BS-70-205
Material dated
whale bone collagen; collagène osseux de baleine
Taxa dated
Balaena mysticetus skull? fragment (1043 g)
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
7240 ± 80
δ13C (per mil)
-16.4
Significance
palaeobiology; paléobiologie
Context
gravel beach, 38 m asl
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Balaena mysticetus
Additional information
15 g of the original collagen was burned, and the KOH method was used.
Comments
RcHw-VP-5, Cape Storm: A whale bone, possibly a skull fragment, more than 2 m long, was imbedded in frozen beach gravel. Dates were obtained on both collagen and apatite.

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