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Lab number
TO-99
Field number
ROM-985B
Material dated
seal bone collagen; collagène osseux de phoque
Taxa dated
Erignathus barbatus atlas vertebra (id. by C.R. Harington)
Locality
W. McWilliams' gravel pit near Finch, Stormont County, Ontario
Map sheet
31 G/03
Submitter
C.R. Harington
Date submitted
September 9, 0098
Normalized Age
11120 ± 80
Significance
palaeobiology, Champlain Sea; paléobiologie, Mer Champlain
Context
gravel pit, probably in sand and gravel
Associated taxa
Mammalia: Erignathus barbatus
Additional information
The AMS lab reported an age of 10,710 +/- 80, corrected to C-13 = 0 parts per mil. The normalized age was calculated by adding 410 years to the mean.
Comments
BgFs-VP: This seal had a sea-ice habitat. Another (undated) specimen is known from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec.

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